CONTENTS xi Acknowledgements This book would not have been possible without the firm mathematical and statistical foun- dation provided by the professors at Bowling Green State University,including Drs.Gabor Szekely,Craig Zirbel,Arjun K.Gupta,Hanfeng Chen,Truc Nguyen,and James Albert.I would also like to thank Drs.Neal Carothers and Kit Chan. I would also like to thank my colleagues at Youngstown State University for their support. In particular,I would like to thank Dr.G.Andy Chang for showing me what it means to be a statistician. I would like to thank Richard Heiberger for his insightful comments and improvements to several points and displays in the manuscript. Finally,and most importantly,I would like to thank my wife for her patience and under- standing while I worked hours,days,months,and years on a free book.In retrospect,I can't believe I ever got away with it.CONTENTS xi Acknowledgements This book would not have been possible without the firm mathematical and statistical foun￾dation provided by the professors at Bowling Green State University, including Drs. Gábor Székely, Craig Zirbel, Arjun K. Gupta, Hanfeng Chen, Truc Nguyen, and James Albert. I would also like to thank Drs. Neal Carothers and Kit Chan. I would also like to thank my colleagues at Youngstown State University for their support. In particular, I would like to thank Dr. G. Andy Chang for showing me what it means to be a statistician. I would like to thank Richard Heiberger for his insightful comments and improvements to several points and displays in the manuscript. Finally, and most importantly, I would like to thank my wife for her patience and under￾standing while I worked hours, days, months, and years on a free book. In retrospect, I can’t believe I ever got away with it