Math 661-001
Fall 1996 (September 3)
Professor: Dr. S. K. Dhar
Office: Room 327 Cullimore. Extension: 3488
Hours: 11:35 a.m to 12:35 p.m. MW and
Thursday 4 p.m. to 5 p.m (& by appointment)
Text: Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving
by Vardeman Stephen. PWS Publishing Company.
Accompanying software: StataQuest (Stata
Corporation)
Place: University 202
Grade Policy: Exam I and II 25% each, Homework 20%,
Final Exam 30%
Make up: No makeup, except for extenuating
circumstances such as illness, death in the family, etc. and proof is required (doctors
excuse from class etc.).
Course Content and Exam Schedule
Week # (approximately)
1. Engineering Statistics: What and Why, Basic Terminology,
Measurement, Mathematical Models [Chapter 1] Principles
in Collecting Engineering Data, Sampling in Enumerative
Studies [2.1-2.2]
2. Principles for Effective Experimentation, Some Common
Experimental Plans, Preparing to Collect Engineering
Data [2.3-2.5]
3. Computationally Simple Descriptive statistics[Chapter 3]
4. Fitting a line by least Squares, Fitting Curves and
Surfaces by Least Squares [4.1-4.2]
5. Fitted Effects for Factorial Data Structures [4.3]
6. Transformations and Choice of Measurement Scale [4.4]
Exam I, October 10, 1996
7. Discrete and Continuous Random Variables,
Probability Plotting [5.1-5.3] .
8. Joint Distributions and Independence [Chapter 5]
9. Large sample Confidence Intervals and Significance Tests
for Mean One and Two Sample Inference for means [6.1-6.3]
10.One and Two Sample Inference for Variances, Proportions
[6.4-6.5]
11.Prediction and Tolerance Intervals [6.6], Exam II,
November 14, 1996
12.The One-Way Normal Model, Simple Statistical Intervals
in Multisample Studies [7.1-7.2],
13.Some Simultaneous Confidence Interval Methods and
Analysis of Variance Methods [7.3-7.4]
14.Control Charts, Basic Inference in Two-Way Factorials
[Chapter 7, 8.1]