STA113 Probability and Statistics in Engineering
Section 001, #11728
Fall 2003

Instructor:

I. H. Dinwoodie, 219 Old Chemistry Building

Office Hours:

F: 1-3, Th: 1:30-3:00 (changed from Tu)

Lecture:

T-Th 3:50-5:05, Social Sciences 136

Discussion Hours:

Section 01, #13684: F 10:30-11:20, Teer 106

Section 02, #13685: F 11:50-12:40, Teer 106

Section 03, #13686: F 09:10-10:00, Teer 106

TA schedule at the new SECC

Text:

Jay Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, 6^th Ed. , Duxbury.

Note: This is a new edition.

Final Exam:

Saturday, Dec 13, 9-12

Review Session: Wednesday Dec 10, 2:30 P.M. usual room. For the final, you can bring a calculator and a handwritten 8.5x11 sheet of notes with anything on it.

Midterm Exams:

Tuesday, Sep 30

Tuesday, Nov 11 (covers Chapters 4-6)

Extra Credit Problem (due Dec 5, 7:00 P.M.)

Sample .m file to compute the old binomial confidence interval--put this in the working directory where you start matlab (needs the stat toolbox for norminv), name it "binciold.m", then run it by typing
>>binciold(x, 20, 90)
in matlab where x is a row vector.

Prerequisites:

Math 103

Grading:

The final grade will be based on the final exam, two midterm exams, and a lab score based on quizzes and projects. The four scores will be weighted equally in the final grade.

A calculator will be necessary for exams and quizzes. Some limits will be placed on the type of calculator.

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last updated: December 03, 2003