Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 5 middle paragraph |
From the author: Statements defining the mean as "as close as possible to other scores" are incorrect. The mean actually minimizes the squared distances, not the distances. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 10 middle of the page |
The description of the additive rule as applying to any one of a group of |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 39 Table 1-10 Effect size standards |
Caption should read "Effect size", not "Effect sze". |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 56 1st paragraph |
The 2nd sentence should read "...to estimate future college success", not "future college admission". |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 160 4th paragraph |
The example of a simple imaginary game where you would win money over the long haul is not explained well, because of an editing error. Replace the third sentence with "The other half of the time you would lose one dollar." |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 182 Last paragraph |
Most whole numbers in the text have commas in them, for example 4,968,601. However, |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 196 middle of page, Probability of all 6 attempts failing |
.8086 = .278 |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 197 second line |
The equation says "90^10 = .349", but it should read ".90^10 = .349". |
Anonymous |