The following pages were corrected in the fourth printing, which took place in May, 2006. pg010 The order of the limits in (1.10) was changed for formal correctness. pg092-33 There were minor changes on these two pages to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg170-71 There are several changes on these pages to resolve a slight notational inconsistency. What used to be beta in some places and beta_2 in others is now beta_2 throughout. pg192 There was a minor notational change in equation (5.25) and immediately following it to avoid possible confusion. pg229 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg253 The way Exercise 6.5 was stated was changed to avoid possible confusion about the relationship with equation (6.20). pg319 There was a minor change at the bottom of the page to avoid implying something incorrect. pg348 In the first line, u_i was replaced by u_i^*. pg412 A minor notational error in equation (10.31) has been corrected. pg452 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg464 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg468 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg492 There were a few changes just before equation (11.84) to make it clear that the data are independent. pg500 A notational error was corrected in the second line of Exercise 11.31. pg516 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg597 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length. pg599 The last sentence in Exercise 13.2 was changed again to correct an error introduced in the third printing. pg602 There were two errors in the statement of Exercise 13.17, most seriously in the displayed equation. pg651 There was a minor change on this page to avoid referring to the number of elements in a vector as its length.