STAT 113 -- STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS

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Instructors:

Peter Mueller TAs: Natasha Avinash Oka Shu-Hua Pai.
Lecture: TTh 2:15PM- 3:30pm
Social Sciences, room 136.
Rec: F 1:10-2pm;
125, Engineering Annex (building #48) ( we think you need to enter through Hudson Hall, look for room 125. Please check with the Registrar if there is a problem!
F 2:20-3:10pm;
Soc-Psych 126
Off: 219 Old Chemistry Buildg 053 Engineering Annex (building #48)
Tel: 684-3437
e-mail: pm@stat.duke.edu nao2@acpub.duke.edu shup@econ.duke.edu
OH: MW 3:15-4 We, 10:30-11:30am Th, 4-5pm, in the Perks coffee shop

Text

Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences by Mendenhall and Sincich. Prentice Hall.

About the course: the course is an introduction to statistical reasoning, and includes a review of 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. The lowest homework score will be dropped. Beyond this late homework will not be accepted (since solutions will be posted on the WWW). 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 on Friday. 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 ?
pm@stat.duke.edu
last updated 8/31/98