Erratum Erratum An erratum or corrigendum (plurals: errata, corrigenda) (comes from ) is a correction of a published text. As a general rule, publishers issue an erratum for a production error (i.e., an error introduced during the publishing process) and a corrigendum for an author's error. An erratum is most commonly issued shortly after its original text is published. Patches to security issues in a computer program are also sometimes called errata. "Erratum", like "corrigendum", can also be used as a term for an error itself. According to the "Chicago Manual of Style", "Errata, lists of errors and their corrections, may
John A. List John A. List John August List (born September 25, 1968) is an American economist at the University of Chicago, where he serves as Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics. List is noted for his innovative use of field experiments in economics. As detailed in his popular science book, "The Why Axis" (co-authored with Uri Gneezy), List uses field experiments to offer new insights in various areas of economics research, such as education, private provision of public goods, social preferences, prospect theory, environmental economics, marketplace effects on corporate and government policy