Spring 2007 Courses

EGR 252  Probability and Statistics for Engineers

Instructor, Dr. Joan A. Burtner, Certified Quality Engineer

Textbook: Walpole, Myers, Myers, & Ye

Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 8th edition

EGR 252.001 Spring 2007 Syllabus

Homework and Exercises

Assignment
Problems
Pages

Due Date

HW 1
1.1 a b c   1.2 a   1.7   1.8
13
January 17, 2007
HW 2

1.18 b c d -  'by hand' (Show at least two beginning expressions and two ending expressions for each calculation)

1.20 b c d   - Use Excel

28-29 January 22, 2007
HW 3
 2.5  2.6  2.13  2.14   2.17  38-40  January 24, 2007
HW 4
2.21  2.23  2.24  2.28  2.31  2.54  2.60 47, 55 January 29
HW 5 2.78   2.79  2.80  2.89  2.98  2.99 65-67 January 31
HW 6
3.1  3.6  3.7  3.11 88-89 February 5
HW 7 4.2   4.5   4.8   4.35   4.36 113, 122 February 7
HW 8 5.7   5.9   5.11   5.12   5.22   5.23 150-152 February 12
HW 9 5.29  5.31  5.35  5.36 157 February 14
HW 10 5.45   5.46   5.56   5.64 158   165 February 19
HW 11 6.1  6.4  6.5 185  186 February 26
HW 12 6.29   6.33 193 February 28
HW 13 no problems assigned       Have a relaxing Spring Break!   March 12
HW 14 8.23   8.24    8.26    8.40   8.46 252   265 March 14
HW 15 9.4  9.5  9.6  9.14  9.17   March 19
HW 16 9.35  9.36 9.44 9.46 297 March 21
HW 17 Do 9.36, 9.44,  9.46 in Minitab   March 26
Exercise EGR 252 TV watching exercise   March 26
HW 18 9.52  9.53  9.65  9.66  by hand and Minitab      Study for quiz on CH 6, 8 , 9. 366 March 28
HW 19

10.19  10.20  10.24   10.25

357 April 4
HW 20 10.23  10.29  10.30   10.31 357 April 9
Minitab ANOVA Exercise

Review EGR252S07 How to build an ANOVA in Minitab

Conduct ANOVA and appropriate post-hoc analysis for problem 13.4 data   Conduct ANOVA and appropriate post-hoc analysis for problem 13.17 data.

Be sure to include hypotheses, conclusions, etc.

  April 18
Excel ANOVA Exercise

Review in-class handout: How to Conduct an ANOVA in Excel .   

Conduct ANOVA for problem 13.5 data.  Be sure to include hypotheses, conclusions, etc.

  April 18
TWO-FACTOR ANOVA Excel Exercise

Review in-class handout: How to Conduct a TWO-FACTOR ANOVA in Excel.

Do problems 14.4a and 14.6.  Be sure to annotate the Excel output with hypotheses, graphics, etc.  Note that problem 14.4 is a 3X3 experiment with 6 rows per sample.   

  April 23
Excel LINEAR REGRESSION Exercise Conduct a simple regression in Excel using the data presented in problem 11.43 and a simple regression for the data presented in problem 11.46. Print the Excel output. State hypotheses, decisions, and conclusions. Show the p-value graphics for the Significance F values.  Comment on the meaning of the calculated R-squared value.    April 25
       
  TEST 1     February 21   Chapters 1 - 5   Test 1 Formula Sheet
  TEST 2     April 11 Chapters 6, 8, 9, 10 (partial)    Test 2 Information
       
 

FINAL EXAM:  Friday May 4, 2007  7-9 pm  Room 110

The exam will cover the following topics.

*descriptive statistics
mean  median  mode  max  min  range  standard deviation  variance

*data types
continuous  discrete

*discrete probability distributions
uniform   binomial  multinomial  hypergeometric  
negative binomial  geometric  poisson

*continuous probability distributions
uniform  normal  gamma  exponential  chi-squared

*sampling theory

sampling distribution of means  central limit theorem 

Z distributon   t distribution   F distribution

*confidence intervals

one sample confidence intervals for the mean
two sample confidence intervals for the mean

*hypothesis testing

hypothesis tests concerning means    goodness of fit test

*simple linear regression
interpretation of Excel output    evakuation of significance F     meaning of R-square

*one factor experiments and two factor experiments
terminology (factors, levels, experimental design, etc)
completion of missing values in an ANOVA table
interpretation of Minitab output
interpretation of Excel output
documentation of related hypothesis test(s)
generate hypotheses, graphics, decisions
recognition of appropriate conclusions
post-hoc analysis (Tukey)

The exam will be open book, closed notes. Bring a calculator.

   

Updated May 2, 2007 12:30 pm