| Student-Friendly Statistics Typo's | (2-11-02) | |||||
| (Thanks to Tim Green for a helpful batch of reports) | ||||||
| Typos in Main Text | ||||||
| page # | Section/area | Error as printed | Correction | |||
| Chapter 4 | ||||||
| 37 | 9 lines up from bottom | 0 to 21 | "0 to -1" | |||
| 37 | 6 lines up from bottom | 11 SD | "+1 SD" | |||
| 40 | 12th line from top | 22 SD | "-2 SD" | |||
| 40 | 13th line from top | 22 to 21 SD | "-2 to -1 SD" | |||
| 40 | middle of page, #1. | 1. What ..under 11 SD? …11SD? | "+1 SD", "+1 SD" | |||
| 40 | middle of page, #2. | 2. What ..under 12SD? | "+2 SD" | |||
| Chapter 6 | ||||||
| 59 | 2nd line from top | is like the SD before you squared it | "is SD-squared (the variance)" | |||
| Chapter 7 | ||||||
| 71 | Near bottom, t-test box | under square root, SD2/n = SD2/n | Change "=" to "+", should be "SD2/n + SD2/n" | |||
| 76 | First paragraph of text | The box on page 81… | "The box on page 77 (not 81), provides…" | |||
| 80 | Cohen's d Formula | SD1 under square root not squared | Both SD's (for each group) should be squared | |||
| Chapter 8 | ||||||
| 97 | Table 8.3 | mean of A1 = 13 | mean of A1 = 6 | |||
| 97 | Table 8.3 | mean of A2 = 10 | mean of A2 = 5 | |||
| 98 | Table 8.4 | mean of A2 = 5.5 | mean of A2 = 5 | |||
| Chapter 9 | ||||||
| 121 | Just below first formula | where (a+1) is the degrees of freedom.. | "where (a-1) is the degrees of freedom…" | |||
| Chapter 10 | ||||||
| 133 | 7&8th line from top | Outlining is good for history… | Underlining is good for history and bad for math…whereas | |||
| outlining is a little better for math… | ||||||
| Chapter 11 | ||||||
| 157 | 13th line | five couples | four couples | |||
| 170 | Step-by.. Reg. & Corr. Values | 3. For m… divide by sum of XY (X2) col. | "..divide by sum of X2 column." (X2 is "X-squared") | |||
| Typos in Problem Sets | ||||||
| page # | problem #/section | error type | correct answer | |||
| 35 | 3.7, a, mode | mode = 11.5 | should be "there are 2 modes, 10 and 11 | |||
| 35 | 3.7, a, median | median = 2 | median = 10 | |||
| 50 | 5.5, a. | a. SE-males = 0.32, SE-Females = 0.37 | a.SE-males = 0.516, SE-females = 0.666 | |||
| 50 | 5.5, b. | b. SE-males = 0.16, SE-females = 0.16 | b. SE-males = .258, SE-females = 0.333, cut in half! | |||
| 66 | 6.1, 6.3, 6.5 | Equal-n SD formula (p. 59) used. | Use the equal-n formula. | |||
| 112 | 8.1/ Deviation table | 2's in place of negative signs | All 2's need to be replaced with a (-) sign. | |||
| 112 | 8.1/Deviation table | Typo "Grand Mean 5 5.5" | Should be "Grand Mean = 5.5" | |||
| 113 | 8.5/Deviation Table | level A2, #8, = 2.5-2.25 | level A2, should be, #8= 2.5-2.5 | |||
| 124 | 9.1/row #5 | Error Square= 22.56 | Error Square = 2.56 | |||
| 126 | 9.5 b-c-d Source Table | F-obtained, F-critical incorrect | F-obtained = 25.81, F-crit = 3.89 | |||
| 145 | 10.1 Deviation Table, row#7) | Under Error(Within), Error Dev "14-25" | Should be "14-15" | |||
| 146 | Top Source table, c. Error row | typo "Error SS = 8, MS = 4, F =2" | Error SS = 8, df = 4, MS =2 (df and MS were shifted) | |||
| 147 | 10.5 c. source table | F-crit = 7.71 | F-crit should be 7.72 | |||
| 147 | 10.5.c. explanation | Test English in afternoon, there is an apparent effect | ||||