chapter 1 Objectives, Coverage, and Hopes -- chapter 2 Why Sequential? -- chapter 3 Sequential Probability Ratio Test -- chapter 4 Sequential Tests for Composite Hypotheses -- chapter 5 Sequential Nonparametric Tests -- chapter 6 Estimation of the Mean of a Normal Population -- chapter 7 Location Estimation: Negative Exponential Distribution -- chapter 8 Point Estimation of Mean of an Exponential Population -- chapter 9 Fixed-Width Intervals from MLEs -- chapter 10 Distribution-Free Methods in Estimation -- chapter 11 Multivariate Normal Mean Vector Estimation -- chapter 12 Estimation in a Linear Model -- chapter 13 Estimating the Difference of Two Normal Means -- chapter 14 Selecting the Best Normal Population -- chapter 15 Sequential Bayesian Estimation -- chapter 16 Selected Applications.