STA113: Probability and Statistics in Engineering

Text:Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, 7th Edition

Syllabus

TopicLab assignment
Motivation None
Discrete probability None
Discrete random variables Plotting and sampling random variables
Continuous random variables None
Joint distributions and CLT CLT
Point estimation and Bayesian inference Estimation
Confidence intervals None
Hypothesis testing TBD
Regression TBD


Assessment and attendence

There will be two midterm exams each of which weighs 20% and a final exam which weighs 30% toward your final grade. You will also be given a quiz every week during lab hours which will cumulatively constitute 10% of your final grade. The questions for the quizzes will be chosen from the set of exercises assigned to you every week. You will also be given ten small projects/labs to work on throughout the semester which finally will constitute the remaining 20% of your grade.

Honor code

As a citizen of the Duke University Community, each student is committed not to lie, cheat, or steal in her/his academic endeavors and to report known instances of violations to appropriate faculty. The full code is printed in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Violations of the honor code will be reprimanded by failure of this course and will be reported to the Undergraduate Judicial Board who may follow-up with suspension, disciplinary probation and/or other forms of restitution. Ignorance of what constitutes academic dishonesty is not a justifiable excuse for violations.

Resouces

Statistical Education and Consulting Center (SECC) will have teaching assistants covering help sessions for 20-30 hours per week. See SECC for hours of operation.