Clarifications and Corrections for Textbook
(Rawlings, Pantula, and Dickey, Second Edition, Corrected second printing, 2001)

page 21, equation (1.40):
the beta (β1) should have a hat, since it is the least squares estimate that satisfies the normal equation, not the actual parameter value
page 90, equation (3.51):
the beta (β) should not have a hat
page 119, section 4.5.1:
linear independence implies that K (not K') is of full (column) rank
page 168, section 5.3, paragraph 1:
the four variables that are candidates for being dropped (based on their individual t-tests) are SALINITY, Na, K, and Zn (but not pH)
page 218, section 7.4:
all of the R-notation expressions should also have beta with a subscript of zero (β0) after the bar (|), that is, all of those sums of squares should include adjustment for the intercept
page 298, section 9.7:
beta with a superscript of zero (β0) represents any (non-unique) least squares solution based on some generalized inverse; see (9.20).
page 364, section 11.2.3, expression 11.19:
si should be s(i); the expression in the table of section 11.2.5 needs a similar change
page 373, section 11.3.2, expression 11.26:
s² should be "Var"
page 417, section 12.5.1, expression 12.28:
right side of equation is missing a factor of sigma-squared (σ²)
page 432, section 12.7, problem 12.26(c):
the beta with only a subscript of zero (β0) should not have a hat

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