STA 113 -- Probability and Statistics in Engineering

Note: There was an error in my solution to parts (c-d) of homework problem 10-38. I've just corrected it (1PM Tuesday), so if you were confused by the earlier solution with the mistake, please look at the corrected version of HW8 solutions, on the homework page

Review notes for Wednesday's exam are available on the exams page.

Comments on the Exam:

Nothing from Chapter 12 will be on the test. The test will cover paired-sample t-tests (Sec 9-4), sinple linear regression (Chap. 10), multiple regression (Chap. 11). For multiple regression, the exam will emphasize tests and confidence intervals calculated using values on computer output. So don't worry about the matrices!

Some Minitab tips:

Save your work to a file with "outfile 'filename'". After you quit Minitab, you can print out the file with "print 'filename'" at a ACPUB workstation. You can find out about commands by typing "help commands", "help commands 1", etc. You might find the "stack" command useful. It has the form "stack c1 c2 c3", and it stacks c1 and c2, and puts the result in c3.

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Instructors:

Mark Vangel TAs: Kate Calder Merrill Liechty.
Lecture: MWF 1:10pm- 2:00pm
Social Sciences, room 136. 		Rec: Th 5:25pm-6:15pm
Sociology-Psychology room 126 		F 2:20pm-3:10pm
Sociology-Psychology, room 126
Off: 217 Old Chemistry Buildg Office: Old Chem. 221 Office: Old Chem 214
Tel: 684-8064
e-mail: mark@stat.duke.edu kate@stat.duke.edu merrill@stat.duke.edu
OH: MW 2:05-3 Tues 5-6, Old. Chem. 214
Fri 2-3, Old. Chem. 222		 Tues 5-6, Old. Chem. 214
Wed 4-5, Old. Chem. 214

Text

Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers by Montgomery and Runger. John Wiley and Sons.

About the course: This course is an introduction to statistical reasoning, and includes an introduction to the necessary elements of probability theory. Applications in various branches of engineering will be stressed. Understanding of each of the topics relies on the material preceding it: it is important to master each topic as soon as it is covered. Click here for a week by week syllabus.

Homework

Weekly problem sets are due on Monday at 9:30am.
Clearly mark the section number for each group member Please clearly indicate on top of the first page of each homework assignement: Homeworks without this information will not be graded.

The lowest homework score will be dropped. Beyond this late homework will not be accepted. You can always submit assignments before the due date. We will ask you to work on homeworks in groups of around 4 students each. See Group Work Rules for a few comments and rules about group work on the homework assignments. See the Assignments page for current homework problems, hints and solutions.

Homeworks will be returned in the recitation section. Please make sure to collect all your homeworks.

Grading

Exams and homeworks will be weighted by the following percentages: For more details see grading page.

Honor Code

Cheating on exams, plagiarism on homeworks and projects, and other forms of academic dishonesty are violations of the Duke Honor Code and will be referred to the Duke Undergraduate Judicial Board.

Computing

In the STAT 113 homepage you will find a self-guided Introduction to using MINITAB for descriptive statistics and simple statistical analyses.
Interested in a Statistics graduate program ?
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last updated Aug 23, 1999