ERRATA

Statistics: Concepts and Controversies

5th Edition, 2nd printing

Page 240 Exercise 12.26, the choice should be from whole numbers 0 to 9 as in past
editions, not 0 to 10.

Page 257 Several stems in Figure 13.3 are incorrect. There should be two stems 9, 10,
11, 12, and 13 (because stems are split). The correct stemplot is:

8 69
9 0133
9 6778
10 0022333344
10 555666777789
11 0000111122223334444
11 55688999
12 003344
12 677888
13 02
13 6

Page 262 The SAT scale (third paragraph) runs from 200 to 800.

Page 384 Exploring the Web, line 8: the circumference of a circle is times its diameter.

Page 401 The statement of Exercise 20.7 is badly confused. It should say that the die
has two green and four red faces, and the three sequences should be

RGRRR
RGRRRG
GRRRRR

Questions (a) and (b) are correct with this restatement.

Page 429 In the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines of displayed equations, the first 0.0636 is
misprinted as 0.636.

Page 437 Line 4 from bottom: p should be p in both occurrences.

Page 479 In Exercise 24.3(b), change not hatch in cold water to not hatch in cold
temperatures.
Page 533 The answer to Exercise 9.19 should read, twice as many unmarried women
as men . . .

Page 534 The answer marked I.23 is in fact the answer to Exercise I.22. The answer
marked I.27 is in fact the answer to Exercise I.26.

Page 535 Exercise 12.9 answer should be 107, 138.5, 153, 180.5, 195.

Page 541 The final number in the answer to 21.15 should be 0.0307.

p 0.66 or p 0.80. In
Page 542 In 22.13(c), the alternative hypothesis should be
22.13(d), change 3.7% to 2.6%.

Page 542 The answers marked 22.21, 22.23, 22.25 are in fact answers to Exercises 22.20,
22.22, and 22.24.

Errata in the 1st printing

corrected in the 2nd printing

Page 33 The captions under the populations at the left of Figures 3.1 and 3.2 should
read p = 0.6, not p = 0.6.

Page 133 The third line in the last paragraph in the left column should read Combining
SAT scores and high school grades . . .

Page 157 Exercise 9.12 should read The number of Americans living below the official
poverty line increased from 26,072,000 to 34,476,000 in the 20 years between 1979 and
1998.

Page 301 Exercise 15.8: The numbers in the equation of the line are reversed. The
least-squares regression line should be
larvae clusters = 1.286 + (11.894 stumps)

Page 359 Exercise 17.14, line 4 should read . . . if your choice matches the winning
digits in exact order . . .

Page 401 Exercise 20.7, choices should be:

RGRRR
RGRRRG
GRRRRR
Pages 447 and 464 Exercises 22.12 and 23.14 should say

P -value is 0.053

Pages 448 and 464 Exercises 22.13 and 23.15 should say

P -value is 0.026

Page 530 Exercise 4.9 answer should read pull respondents away from a tax cut.

Page 552 Index entry for expected value should read: 392405, 407