Host galaxy statistics

The galaxies observed within the error boxes of gamma-ray bursts are incons istent with the host galaxies predicted by the simplest "minimal" cosmologi cal model where bursts emit similar to 6 10(50) ergs but are consistent wit h a standard candle energy of similar to 10(53) ergs (if radiated isotropic ally). Although these calculations utilize the host galaxy data but not the burst intensities, we have developed the methodology to use all the availa ble observations to model the redshift and intensity distributions.