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Errata for Think Stats

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 3
Second from last paragraph

The URL given for the NSFG codebook is obsolete. It should now be: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/nsfg_cycle6.htm

Michael Gleen  Aug 02, 2020 
Printed Page 18
Figures 2-1 and 2-2

Figures 2-1 and 2-2 appear in the wrong order, with Figure 2-2 appearing at the top of the page, before Figure 2-1, which appears at the bottom of the page.

Charlie Daniels  Sep 09, 2015 
PDF Page 21
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Author says he adjusted the axis to show data between 27 and 46 weeks. However, this was missing in the code.

thinkplot.Show(xlabel='weeks', ylabel='frequency')

is insufficient.
You should add xlim=(27,46) to the parameters, thus becoming

thinkplot.Show(xlabel='weeks', ylabel='frequency', xlim=(27,46))

Abraham Darius Llave  Nov 16, 2015