Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed | Page 4 Fifth paragraph |
The example in the previous paragraph lists the variable 'pregordr', however the variable is spelled incorrectly in the following paragraph: |
Scott Breitbach | Sep 13, 2020 |
Page 40 5th paragram, in code sample, |
in PDF ver 1.6, P40, the following line won't work. In existing maypole.py (by 3/19/2015), xscale and yscale have never been set to pyplot. The alternative way is to call myplot.Config(xscale='log', ysacle='log'). |
Bo Dong | Mar 20, 2015 | |
Page 41 last sentence of the 1st paragrah |
It says: By contrast, the exponential distribution with median 1 has 95th per- centile of only 1.5. |
Bo Dong | Mar 19, 2015 | |
Printed | Page 99 Third formula (for \rho) |
The denominator in the formula for \rho as written is identically equal to 0. This is because the deviations of both x and of y sum to zero, i.e. 0*0 = 0. |
Stephen Stohs | Apr 06, 2019 |
Printed | Page 104 Residual formula |
While not mathematically incorrect, especially in the case of squared residuals, the sign on your residual formula is opposite of the way it is normally defined, including in your definition of deviations on p. 98. (Note that a regression residual is the deviation of a data point from the regression line, which is the conditional mean of y given a value of x.) |
Stephen Stohs | Apr 06, 2019 |
Printed | Page 110 Method ChiSquared in Class PregLenghtTest |
Wonderful Book! I would need just an explanation of following code: |
Fabio | Mar 06, 2017 |