Together with Brooks/Cole, we are in the process of eliminating typos and errors from subsequent printings of the series. In the meantime, we hope that this listing of corrections to the second printing will be helpful to instructors and students using the text.
p. 56, Halfway down the page
The formula for the slope of the regression line is wrongly printed, as shown in the following graphic:
The authors are grateful to Lucy Mazany for spotting this error.
p. 112, Exercise 10
Change "195 tons" to "36 tons" as shown in the following graphic:
The authors are grateful to Jim Richman for spotting this error.
Last Updated: August, 2001