The section introduces the author, Norman T. J. Bailey, who is a Reader in Biometry at the University of Oxford and previously served as a statistician to the Medical School at the University of Cambridge. The book, "Statistical Methods in Biology," is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in New York.The section introduces the author, Norman T. J. Bailey, who is a Reader in Biometry at the University of Oxford and previously served as a statistician to the Medical School at the University of Cambridge. The book, "Statistical Methods in Biology," is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in New York.