Exercise 3.9.6, part (i): It should read
"
".
Exercise 3.9.7, Displayed equation: Replace ">0" by "<0".
A List of Typographical Errors:
"Probability and Statistical Inference"
Chapter 1:
Exercise 1.6.2: In the definition of f(x), the expressions c + x and c - x should be replaced by c + (¼)x and c - (¼)x respectively.
Exercise 1.6.11: …. increasing (decreasing) when | (x^(½)) + (½) | < (>) ¾.
Chapter 2:
Exercise 2.4.9: In the definition of f(x), x should be positive (that is, R^+).
Chapter 3:
Exercise 3.9.6, part (i): It should read "
Exercise 3.9.7, Displayed equation: Replace ">0" by "<0".
Chapter 5:
Page252, line 5: In the end, replace
by
.
Chapter 6:
Exercise 6.6.19, Displayed equation:
.
Chapter 7:
Exercise 7.7.9, part (i), line 1:
should instead be
where
is bold.
Chapter 8:
Exercise 8.4.21: In the displayed equation,
should read
instead.
Chapter 9:
Exercise 9.2.18, line 3: Should read like this. " the average of the coded time
to germinate … "
Chapter 10:
Exercise 10.4.3, line 1:
is to be replaced by
.
Chapter 11:
Page 511, line 2 from top:
should read
instead.
Chapter 12:
Page 563, Example 12.4.6, line 9 from top: Should read "… a = .05, …" instead of "… a = ..05, …"
Exercise 12.3.18, line 3: Solve parts (i)-(iii) assuming that
.
Chapter 13:
Exercise 13.3.5, line 6:
should read
instead.
Tables:
Table 14.3.1a: The second entry for the cumulative probability in the first row should be .50399 instead of .84134 (that is, P(Z < .01) = .50399 instead of .84134).