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SERIES 
Applied Statistics

Modelling and analysis of data that exhibit temporal decay
M. J. Faddy and M. C. Jones
Appl. Statist., 48 (1999)

The file follicle.dat contains the ovarian follicle count data from 110 females: the first column gives the age in years, the second column the count of follicles, and the third column the source of the data - 1 refers to Block E (1953) "A quantitative morphological investigation of the follicular system in newborn female infants" Acta. Anat. 17 201-206, 2 to Block E (1952) "Quantitative morphological investigations of the follicular system in women. Variations at different ages" Acta. Anat. 14 108-203, 3 to Gougeon A (unpublished) and 4 to Richardson SJ Senikas V and Nelson JF (1987) "Follicular depletion during the menopausal transition: evidence for accelerated loss and ultimate exhaustion" J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 65 1231-1237.

The file beta.dat contains the beta human chorionic gonadotrophin data in 185 rows: the first column is the patient number, the second column shows the weeks (post treatment) on which the patients' beta human chorionic gonadotrophin levels were measured, and the third column gives these measurements.

Journals

SERIES A
Statistics in Society

SERIES B
Statistical Methodology

SERIES C
Applied Statistics

SERIES D
The Statistician