Course Overview
Covers organization and graphical presentation of data, frequency distributions and measures of location and dispersion including mean and standard deviation. Probability theory and laws. Random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions with an introduction to Quality Control techniques. Sampling, estimation and hypothesis testing with both large and small samples. Regression, correlation, confidence bands.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in MATH 1471
Credits
6.5
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Arrange raw data in the standard descriptive statistics tables and graphs (e.g., create frequency tables and histograms of petroleum sales figures).
- Analyze basic probability situations, including quality control tests, using the basic adding and multiplying rules (e.g., analyze data describing the incidence of accidents at a drilling rig or the occurrence of unusable cores).
- Estimate parameters of populations (e.g., estimate the average sulphur content of crude in a certain dome from a number of discrete samples).
- Compare population parameters with z, t, F and c2 values (e.g., compare the average metal concentration in a stream before and after wastewater treatment).
- Conduct linear regression and correlation (e.g., investigate the effect of temperature on viscosity using experimental data).
- Organize and write statistical reports, including collecting the raw data.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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