RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 By the Numbers JF The Journal of Alternative Investments FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 68 OP 68 DO 10.3905/jai.2001.318992 VO 3 IS 4 A1 Sam Y. Chung YR 2001 UL https://pm-research.com/content/3/4/68.abstract AB By The Numbers: A Survival Guide to Economic Indicators, International Financial Press, 1995.One of two books reviewed in this edition that offer fundamental information on ways of evaluating or determining the benefit of economic information (Stephen D. Slifer and W. Stansbury Carnes' By The Numbers [International Financial Press, 1995]) or evaluating hedge funds (Stefano Lavinio's The Hedge Fund Handbook [McGraw Hill, 2000]) are reviewed.