MATH 208 Statistics and Probability 3cr.

Objective: The objective of course is to provide students with a clear understanding of the basic
statistical concepts and tools and to enable them to use these tools as Necessary Avenue for
engineering professions and scientific knowledge.

The Organization of Data: Raw data set, Frequency distribution, Stem-and -leaf display, Grouped
frequency distribution (GDF), Guidelines for forming a GDF, Representations of data: Pareto diagram
and Dot diagram, Box-plots, Histogram, Frequency curve and Ogives.

Describing Central Tendency, Variability and Skew: Mean, Median, Mode, Mean of combined
groups, Comparison of mean median and mode. Range, Mean deviation about mean, Standard
deviation & Variance, CV. Skewness, and Kurtosis.

Probability: Random experiment, Sample space and Events (simple and composites), Mutually
exclusive and Collectively exhaustive events, Independent events. Probabilities definitions.The axioms
of probability.Conditional probability.Addition and Multiplication theorems of probability, Bayes'
theorem. Mathematical expectation, and Decision making

Probability Distributions: Random variables. The Binomial distribution. The Poisson Distribution. The
Hyper-geometric distribution.Chebyshev's theorem. The mean and variance of a probability distribution

Probability Densities: Continuous random variables, the normal distribution, the normal approximation
to the binomial distribution. Joint distribution: Discrete and continuous, Marginal density, Independent
random variables, Conditional density, Properties of expectation

Sampling Distribution: Population and sample, census and sampling, Estimate and estimator,
Parameter and statistic. The sampling distribution of the mean (σ known, σ unknown).The sampling
distribution of the variance. The sample size

Inference Concerning Means: Point estimation, Interval estimation, Tests of hypothesis. Null
hypothesis and Significance tests.Hypothesis concerning one mean and two means. Inference
concerning two means. Randomization and pairing

Curve Fitting: Simple correlation and regressions. The method of least squares and Inferences based
on the least-square estimations.

Textbook:
1. Miller& Fruends Probability and Statistics for Engineers 5 th
References:
edition by Richard A.Johnson,
Prentice Hall of India, Pvt. Ltd.
1. Statistics for Management- by R.I Levin and D. S. Rubin, 6th ed.
2. Statistics: by Murray R. Spiegel, Schaums Outline Series, 2nd Ed
3. Modern Elementary Statistics- by John E. Freund, 6th edition, Prentice Hall Int