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, PDF, , Other Digital Version | Page 4 Exercise 1-2, bullet point 3 |
URL has changed. |
Allen B. Downey |
Feb 14, 2012 | May 15, 2012 |
Other Digital Version | 13 1st paragraph |
Original sentence: "... a formula for variance with n -1 in the denominator, rather than n. This statistic is called the ?sample variance,? and it is used to estimate the variance in a population using a sample. We will come back to this in Chapter 8." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Hidetosi Sirai | Jan 27, 2014 | |
Other Digital Version | 23 Ch2 Sec on 'Variance' last paragraph of Sec. |
This is in the ePub, which I'm reading on my iPad: Note from the Author or Editor: |
Leo Marihart | Sep 09, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 30 last paragraph |
From the referred URL (http://coolrunning.com/results/10/ma/Apr25_27thAn_set1.shtml) there is no division "F2029". The correct division would be "F2039". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Jonathan Palardy | Jun 09, 2012 | |
Printed | Page 35 Figure 4.3 |
The scale of the figure is incorrect. Should be log y and linear x. |
Allen B. Downey |
Sep 16, 2011 | Sep 21, 2011 |
Page 37 Last paragraph |
The median of an exponential distribution is given as log(2)/lambda. Shouldn't that be ln(2)/lambda? Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Jun 28, 2012 | ||
PDF, Other Digital Version | Page 44 |
"What conclusion do you draw about the distribution of sizes for cities and towns? You can download a solution from http://populations_cdf.py." |
Ernie Braganza | Jul 28, 2011 | Sep 21, 2011 |
Printed | Page 53 3nd display equation |
The formula for the binomial coefficient is incorrect. |
Allen B. Downey |
Sep 16, 2011 | Sep 21, 2011 |
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page 63 3rd equation from the bottom |
"dx" of the right edge is missing Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 10, 2012 | |
Page 68 last equation (last paragraph) |
PDF Version 1.3 : Note from the Author or Editor: |
Christoph Lendenmann | May 27, 2013 | ||
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page 83 2nd and 3rd equations |
The symbols of normal distribution N is required before the parentheses. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 10, 2012 | |
Page 95 bottom |
PDF version 1.3: Note from the Author or Editor: |
Christoph Lendenmann | Jun 01, 2013 | ||
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page 99 3rd equation's numerator |
\sigma dx_{i}dy_{x} should be \sigma dx_{i}dy_{i} Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Sep 10, 2012 | |
Page 101 2nd equation |
PDF version 1.3 : |
Christoph Lendenmann | Jun 01, 2013 |