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Study Guide Corrections-Spatz

Study Guide Corrections 
Publishers print several thousand copies of a book when it comes out (first printing). For a second printing, they correct small errors that the author identifies.
The corrections that follow are arranged by the printing: 1st, 2nd, etc. To determine what printing your book is, turn to the back of the first page (which faces the dedication). In the middle of the left column there is a string of numbers. The first number on the left is the printing for your book. 
First printing corrections are below.  Following the correction, I've listed the name and school of the first person who reported the error. 

Corrections to the First Printing

Title Page Add an "s" to Distribution. It should be Tales of Distributions
Page 6,  Pblm 3 e Change 49 to 49.00 grams.
Faye Mong – Hendrix College
Page 10, 
Lines 1 and 3		 In Line 1 greater should be less; in Line 3 less should be greater. 
Richard Bolles; Southwest Missouri State University
Page 27,  Line 1 Change 140 pounds to 145 pounds.
Christi Walsh – Hendrix College
Page 44, 2 lines
above M-C questions		 Reverse the order of "members certain"
Elizabeth Ann Spatz - Hendrix College
Page 49,  Line 1 After 1224, insert ΣX2 = 41,818.
Hollie Little - Hendrix College
Page 110, Pblm 51 Change 17 to 27.
Charity Simpson - Hendrix College
Page 115, Line 2 Change 5.50 to 5.5 and 6.50 to 6.5
Elizabeth Ann Spatz - Hendrix College
Page 115  Line 10 Change 5d to 5e.
David Kay - Hendrix College
Page 116,  Pblm 3 The formula for the median location wrong. It should be 11+1 / 2 = 6. The 6th score is among the 11's, so the median is still 11.
David Kay - Hendrix College
Page 117,
Pblms 3 and 5		 The formula for the median location wrong. It should be N+1 / 2. This error occurs in 3 places on this page. In every problem, fortunately, the value of the median is unchanged when the error is corrected.
David Kay - Hendrix College
Pages 117 and 118, Pblm 7. Although  the formula for the median location is correct in the two places in this problem, the calculations are wrong. For the men, it should be 36/2 = 18, and for the women, it should be 36/2 = 18. Fortunately, the value of the median is unchanged when these errors are corrected.
David Kay - Hendrix College
Page 120, Pblm 3 Remove the two beginning lines of text.
Page 120, Pblm 5 Reverse the order of the lines for both tables of weights. (The 10 goes at the top and 5 at the bottom.)
Kendall Collier – Hendrix College
Page 120, Pblm 5 IQR for 1975 should be 8 – 6 = 2 pounds.
Christi Walsh – Hendrix College
Page 122,
Pblm 3, text line 3		 Change "Mean to "Men" (Men weigh more…)
Christi Walsh – Hendrix College
Page 122, Pblm 5 In the 1975 boxplot, the IQR should extend from 7 to 9 (rather than from 7 to 8)
Christi Walsh – Hendrix College
Page 125, line 8 Remove hyphen from determin-ation
Elizabeth Ann Spatz - Hendrix College
Page 127,
Pblm 7c, line 1		 Change .4232 to .4032
Rebecca McBrady - Hendrix College
Page 127, line 5 Remove the first word in the line, "be"
Elizabeth Ann Spatz - Hendrix College
Page 127, Pblm 1 Change 724 to 725
Dwight Sigsbee - Hendrix College
Page 129,
Pblm 2, top line		 Add absolute value sign to the numerator in the equation for d, then d = 0.734 (not negative)
Rachel Lister - Hendrix College
Page 135, Pblm 1
SS(education), line 1		 The third denominator in the series should be 24, not 12
Sidney Veach - Hendrix College