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Errata and Minor Changes
All errata corrected in the second printing are preceded by (*)
Chapter 1
p.7, last display - should read A \cap B^c = \{s : s\in A \hbox{ and } s \notin B \}
p. 21, in the proof of Theorem 1.5.1 the formula should be P(A_i\cap B)=P(A_i)P(B|A_i) (thanks to Tom Wehrly)
Chapter 2
p. 34 - Example 2.1.2, should say Y(clear) = 7/8 instead of Y(rain)=7/8.
(thanks to Ryan Dubay)
p. 39 - it seems that the Kindle version is missing this
page.
(thanks to Steven Kern)
p. 73, Exercise 2.5.8, - the definition of F_Y should be changed to
F_Y(y)=1-(1-y)^3 for 1/2 \leq y \leq 1. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 83 Figure 2.7.1 is actually the plot of $F_{X,Y} (x,y)= x^2y$.
(thanks to Nick Souza)
Chapter 3
p. 149 in display 3.3.1, \sigma^2_x should be \sigma^2_X. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p.156 Definition 3.3.4 should have the condition that both variances are positive since Corr is not defined when either variance equals zero.
(thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
Chapter 4
p. 223, Exercise 4.4.14 - \theta should be \lambda. (thanks to Thomas
Wehrly and his students)
p. 243, exercise 4.6.3. For a unique solution assume C_1 \ne 0 and C_3
\ne 0. (thanks to Thomas
Wehrly and his students)
p. 251, there are a number of typos so we have reproduced the last half of the page here. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
Chapter 5
Example 5.3.2 - the Exponential(1.5) distribution should have been
labelled as the Exponential(2/3) distribution to reflect the fact that we
parameterize the exponential distribution in the book by the rate
rather than the mean. (thanks to Daren Cline)
p. 280 (in problem 5.4.15(d)), the factor (N-n)/(N-1) is referred to as the "finite sample correction factor" and should
have been called the "finite population correction factor". (thanks to Carl Mueller)
Chapter 6
p. 355, formula for bootstrap percentile confidence interval should
have left-hand endpoint equal to \hat{psi}_{(1-\gamma)/2}. (thanks to Thomas
Wehrly and his students)
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
(*) p. 437, first display should be MSE_\theta ( T ) = Var_\theta ( T )
(*) p. 437, first display in Proof of Theorem 8.1.4 should have
E_P( \cdot | U=u ) in third equality, i.e., a ( is missing.
p. 458, Problem 8.2.16 - First part of the problem should have
(\sigma_0)^2 < (\sigma_1)^2. (thanks to Daren Cline and his students)
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
p. 629, in Example 11.2.12 P_1(X_3=2) = \sum_{k \in S} \sum_{l \in S} p_{1k} p_{kl} p_{l3} should be P_1(X_3=2) = \sum_{k \in S} \sum_{l \in S} p_{1k} p_{kl} p_{l2}. (thanks to Kent Gauen)
Appendices
p. 730, solution to 2.1.7 (a) should be W(1) = 2 and solution to (c)
should be W(3) = -1. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 731, solution to 2.4.3(d) should be e^{-4*(26)^{1/4}}.
(thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students and to Anthony Daspit)
p. 731, solution to 2.5.1 should read "since F_X(x)=0 for x <1/6 and
F_X(x)=1 for x>=1". (thanks to Jason Hrncir)
p. 731, solution to 2.6.11 should read "for 0 < y < \pi^2 and 0 otherwise".
(thanks to Jason Hrncir)
p. 731, solution to 2.5.13(c) should be P(-1 < X <1/2) = 3/4, P(X = 2/5) = 5/12, P(X = 4/5) = 1/4.
p. 731, solution to 2.5.15 (a) (2/3)e^{-16/25} (b) 11/12 - (2/3)exp{-1/2}
(f) 5/36. (thanks to Jason Hrincir)
p. 731, solution to 2.6.9(b) density should be f_Z (z) = z^7 /2
for 0 < z < \sqrt(2).
(thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 732, solution to 2.8.7(d), the conditional density should be
3y^5/500,000. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 733, solution to 3.1.3(a) should be E(X) = -1. (thanks to Thomas
Wehrly and his students)
p. 733, solution to 3.2.5 should be -77/3. (thanks to Daren
Cline and his students)
p. 734, solution to 3.3.11 should be E(X) = 7/2, E(Y) = 7, E(XY) = 329/12, Cov(X,Y) = 32/12. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 734, solution to 3.3.13 should be Cov(Z,W) = 1/36, Corr(Z,W) = 1/17. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 734, solution to 3.5.11 - the corrected solution can be found here.
(thanks to Daren Cline and his students)
p. 735, solution to 4.1.1 should have P(Y-3 = 1) = 1/8 and
should include P(Y_3 = 2 ) = 1/64. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 736, solution to exercise 4.6.1. The mean of U is 43, not 44. (thanks
to Darren Cline and his students)
p. 736, solution to 4.6.3 shoud have C_1 = 1/5 and C_3 = 1/2. (thanks to Thomas
Wehrly and his students)
p. 737, solution to 5.5.1(d) should have the mean as 1.667. (thanks to Thomas Wehrly and his students)
p. 739, solution to Exercise 7.1.1. (thanks to
Daren Cline)