ABSTRACT
In the previous chapters we focused in particular on the development of statistical measures of the galaxy distribution. This chapter goes one step farther and introduces statistical models of the large-scale distribution of galaxies. While statistical models cannot claim to offer a full physical model of structure formation, unlike, e.g., N -body simulations, they do have the advantage of being more manipulative and having greater flexibility, two properties that are useful in studying the behavior of statistical measures under diverse circumstances and assessing the significance of these measures.
