Errata

typo: availablility --> availability

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erratum is correct

p. 2 availablility --> availability

On each of these two pages, MAD has been written as Mean Absolution Deviation. In other places, the A is referenced as 'absolute'. The word absolution is not really a possibility here is it?, having checked its definition.

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erratum is correct

page 15 formula, and again page 18 near bottom of page

"absolution" should be replaced with "absolute"

Table 1-3 is a repetition of Table 1-2

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Correct, this is for reader convenience since the earlier presentation is 6 pages away. Can reword the introductory sentence above it as follows:
"Table 1-3 (repeated from Table 1-2, earlier, for convenience) ..."

This idea has propogated to various modern graphics systems --> This idea has propagated to various modern graphics systems

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p. 41, para at bottom:

1. 3rd line in para, change propogated to propagated

ALSO 2. The items in brackets and parentheses are meant to be index citations, and should indexed and should not appear in the text. These items are
[Trellis-Graphics]
([lattice])
([seaborne])
([bokeh])

The name was wrong.
Al Landon --> Alf Landon

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erratum is correct. p. 45, 3rd para change "Al Landon" to "Alf Landon"

typo: prodigous --> prodigious

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make change prodigous --> prodigious

typo: anamolous --> anomalous

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erratum is correct - p. 67 last para -

anamolous --> anomalous

where the mean number of events per time period is 2 --> where the mean number of events per time period is 0.2.

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p. 76, first para: erratum is correct

EXISTING
where the mean number of events per time period is 2

CHANGE TO
where the mean number of events per time period is 0.2.

Text says, "This means that extreme chance results in only one direction direction count toward the p-value."

'Direction' is written twice in a row.

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erratum is correct

p. 87, first para after the header, next to last and last line - eliminate one of the "direction"

Bruce's Introductory Statistics and Analytics book is listed with a 2015 date. Pages 88 and 101, the book is listed as 2014.

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erratum is correct

p. 93 towards bottom, second item in Further Reading

date on Bruce book should be 2014

Sentence reads, " - a feature night be included or ... ". I am thinking the word should have been *might*.

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erratum is correct

p. 98, next to last line above box, change "night" to "might"

The alternative hypothesis uses B > A instead of B < A (or the null hypothesis needs to be changed).

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erratum is correct

p. 104 printed edition: last line, should be "A > B" instead of "B > A"

The text is inconsistent in its use of "chi-square" vs. "chi-squared". The main section is titled "Chi-Square Test", however page 113 references "the chi-squared statistic" twice, page 114 contains a section titled "Chi-Squared Test: Statistical Theory" (but mentions "chi-square distribution"), and the output given by R states "Pearson's Chi-squared test".

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erratum is correct.
p. 113 sentence in the middle of the page and again in the line beginning "where r and c..." -- change chi-squared to chi-square
p. 114 in the header, and in the line following the header
change "...distribution of the chi-squared statistic..." to "...distribution of the chi-square statistic..."

DO NOT change anything in the R output

Instead of "same result by random chance" - shouldn't it say same result or more extreme - or something like that?

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Confirmed, but on page 96, not 112, 2nd para in the "P-Value" subsection of chapter 3, please replace "...achieve the same result by random chance..." with "... achieve a result as extreme as this, or more extreme, by random chance..."

interchangable --> interchangeable

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p 129, 1st para: erratum is correct
interchangable --> interchangeable

"where p is the number of..." Here, p should be a capital P to keep consistency with P in the above AIC equation.

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erratum is correct:
p. 139, 3rd line from bottom:

EXISTING: "where p is the number..."
CHANGE TO: "where P is the number..."

P retains its italics

statuatory deed --> statutory deed

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erratum is correct:

p. 157, fifth line from bottom, statuatory deed --> statutory deed

"Polynomial terms may not flexible enough ... " looks like the word 'be' is missing.

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erratum is correct p. 170
EXISTING
"Polynomial terms may not flexible enough ... "

CHANGE TO
"Polynomial terms may not be flexible enough ... "

Figure 4-12, described as representing spline regression, appears identical to Figure 4-10, representing polynomial regression on page 168

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The figure in 4.12 is wrong...it is currently a repeat of figure 4.10. I will update with the correct figure

Both rows of the figure are labeled y = 1; the lower row should be labeled y = 0.

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erratum is correct: lower left cell of Figure 5-5 should read y=0

The denominator in the equation for specificity is incorrect. ∑FalseNegative should be replaced with ∑FalsePositive.

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erratum is correct

p. 197 last formula, second element in denominator should be ∑FalsePositive

indiscriminantly --> indiscriminately

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p. 201, second to last line, erratum is correct. Fix misspelling:

indiscriminantly --> indiscriminately

(see “Undersampling” on page 204) --> (see “Oversampling and Up/Down Weighting” on page 204)

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p. 205, first line under heading "Data Generation,"
erratum is correct:

EXISTING
see “Undersampling” on page 204)
CHANGE TO
(see “Oversampling and Up/Down Weighting” on page 204

Analytics Vidya --> Analytics Vidhya

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erratum is correct - 3rd item under Further Reading change should read
...Analytics Vidhya...

righthand region --> lefthand region

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last line on page 222: Change righthand region to lefthand region

Says "refered to as random forest" instead of "referred"

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erratum is correct

p. 230 very first word on page should be "referred" instead of "refered"

acting in a similar mannger --> manner

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change: acting in a similar mannger --> manner

The oil stocks (XOM, CVS, SLB, COP) --> The oil stocks (XOM, CVX, SLB, COP)

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erratum is correct - p. 267, next to last line, change CVS to CVX

for "D(Ck,Cl))" in step 2 and 3, right parentheses are duplicated.

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Erratum is correct - p. 268, drop the extra right parenthesis in step 2 and step 3

N1(μ1),Σ1), N1(μ2),Σ2), ..., N1(μK),ΣK) has wrong a dimension and parentheses.
--> it should be like this N2(μ1,Σ1), N2(μ2,Σ2), ..., N2(μK,ΣK)

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p. 272 - correction should be made as stated - last line of initial para should read N2(μ1,Σ1), N2(μ2,Σ2), ..., N2(μK,ΣK)