Exploring Statistics: Tales of Distributions (11th edition) Corrections

Corrections

Errors in textbooks seem to be inevitable, which is a bad thing. However, we are determined to identify the errors in Tales so you can make corrections in your copy. Below is a list of all the errors from the 11th edition and their corrections along with the person (and their school) who identified the error. The typos listed without attribution were caught by editors.

Page & Location	Correction	Reporter & School
p.0, page xi, lines 3 and 4	Change Statistical to Significance
p.0, page vii, 8th line from bottom	Change tendancy to tendency
p.0, problem 7.17b	Change 3.1 to 3.0 (twice); Change -2.58 to -2.67 ; Change .9951 to .9962
p.0, page vii, 4th line from bottom	Change Glorssary to Glossary	Dino Sola International University of Monaco
p.0, page v, 2nd line from bottom	Add to between happy and be	Bob Reising University of Central Arkansas
p.4, footnote 8	Change 000 to 229
p.11, line 10	Change numerical of to numerical or	Victoria Hughes Hendrix College
p.15, last line	Should be (See next page.)
p.16, Table 1.1, line 2	Change differencs to differences	Amy Crump Hendrix College
p.16, 7 lines from bottom of page	Change proved to proven	Justin Lockhart Hendrix College
p.21, line 9	Move heading
p.61, Interquartile range definition	Change contain to contains
p.68, Table 4.6, Note:	Parentheses should surround sigma and X
p.70, line 6	Insert X between when and is	Jack Rindahl Hendrix College
p.75, problem 4.16, Women heights	Change the 4 after 67 to 5	Marilyn Pugh Texas Wesleyan
p.76, line 2	Insert ŝ after Choose S or	Jack Rindahl Hendrix College
p.85, 3rd line from the bottom	Change vertical to horizontal	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.91, Problem 5.14, column heading	Header should be Knife rather than Kife	Amanda Windham Texas Wesleyan
p.119, 14 lines from the top	Add exponent 2 to the summation formula
p.122, Line above P R O B L E M	Remove the sequence -0.947 + 2.97 +
p.131, line 5, margin	Add margin definition for rectangular distribution	Marilyn Pugh Texas Wesleyan University
p.144, Problem 7.17	Change 3.0 to 3.1	Charis Madison Hendrix College
p.145, second equation	Change -0.67 to 0.67	Jack Rindahl Hendrix.College
p.147, line 2, formula	Reverse the places of z and µ	Ateya White-Lampley Lander University
p.149, CP 7.29, line 3	Add equal mark before 3600	Marilyn Pugh Texas Wesleyan University
p.150, Chapter title	Remove comma after Sampling
p.154, line 3	Change 000 to 398	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.156, line 4	Change 402 to 152	Michelle Huynh Hendrix College
p.168, 12th line from bottom, end of line	Change alpha level to degree of confidence
p.168, 12th line from bottom	Change t sub a to t sub alpha	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.169, 3rd line from the top	Change sample mean to population mean
p.185, middle of page, third element in equation, denominator	Change s-sub X-bar to s-hat	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.196, 6th line from bottom	Change 000 to 124	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.205, 10th line from bottom	Add s sub x-bar at end of line	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.225, Pblm. 10.21	Change page 215 to page 216	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.246, 7 lines from bottom	After the first summation sign, enclose the rest of the formula in brackets.
p.248, line 3 of Error Detection box	Remove both sets of parentheses
p.303, top line	Two X's should be X-bar
p.303, varies	Two times, change 172 to 158.76 ; Three times, change 3.786 to 3.637 ; Two times, change 4.49 to 4.67; ; Change 0.53 to 0.55	Vanessa Ledesma University of California, Riverside
p.314, 12th line from bottom, last word	Add s to figure
p.319, formula	Change the third = to +	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.320, last line of text	Add a chi square test after with
p.322, 5th line from the bottom	Eliminate the space in fami ly	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.329, Problem 14.13, last line	Insert X in front of ^2	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.329, Problem 14.15, next to last line	Eliminate space after about	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.337, 3rd line from the bottom	Insert X^2 in space between and and values. >	Chris Chambers University of the Cumberlands
p.345, Table 15.6; 2nd line from bottom	Change N = 4 to N = 11	Lexus Raney Hendrix College
p.347, bottom of the page	Missing Problems 15.12 and 15.13	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.353, Table 15.10; Line Kerber	Remove extra parenthesis	Joshua Beggs Hendrix College
p.375, 6th line from bottom	Add X between and and is
p.394, Tables I, J, K	Re-label as Tables J, K, L
p.417, NHST definition	Change statistical to significance	Julia Boehm Chapman University
p.426, samples with unequal N's	Extend sq. rt. sign over (1/N1+1/N2)	Roger Yip Hong Kong
p.434, problem 4.3, line 9	Change 67-64 = 3 to 67-63 = 4	Jack Rindahl Hendrix College
p.434, problem 3.12, next to last line	Change 26.53	Texas Wesleyan
p.440, 2nd column, 6th line from bottom	Change ascore to score	Nicole Henry Hendrix College
p.443, Problem 6.20b	Change 4.877 to 4.825	Sandy Sae Modesto Jr College
p.443, Problem 6.20a	Change 98.123 to 98.175 and 4.877 to 4.825	Sandy Sae Modesto Jr College
p.447, answer 8.6	There is no corresponding problem 8.6 in the text.
p.451, Problem 9.17f	Change Retain to Reject and p > .02 to p < .02	Wendy Yung Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association
p.456, Problem 10.14	Eliminate the line SumXY=3360 N=7 r=.703	Wendy Yung Hong Kong Wireless Technology Association
p.456, Problem 10.15, line 4	Remove negative sign from -0.0053	Kyle Mohler Modesto Junior College
p.457, Problem 10.17	Change 60 df to 80 df Change 3.460 to 3.416	Vanessa Ledesma University of California, Riverside
p.458, second column; line 1	Change 1.6384 to 0.4380 Change 0.438 to 1.6384	Jeff Martell Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
p.460, Pblm. 11.1 at the end	Add H₀:	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.464, Problem 11.22	Change (2,20) to (2,18) Change (3.49) to (3.55)	Monica Rogers Centenary College
p.484, Pblm 16.25, line 1	Change 40 to 50 Change 3.55 to 3.50	Dino Sola International University of Monaco