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Course Overview
Data organization, estimation, hypothesis testing, propagation of measurement error, error ellipses and bivariate normally distributed data as used in least squares adjustments.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Produce histograms and frequency polygons from raw, observed survey data.
- Calculate the mean and median of a data set.
- Compute the variance and standard deviation of samples of survey measurement.
- Use Chebyshev's theorem to illustrate the relationship between the spread of the data and the standard deviation of the data.
- Calculate the weighted mean of a data set.
- Define the basic laws of probability.
- Connect probability to the randomness of error in measurement.
- Define discrete probability distributions, their means and variances.
- Employ the definition of discrete probability distribution functions to define the binomial distribution.
- Define continuous probability functions, their means and variances.
- Link the definitions of pdfs to well-defined pdfs such as the normal, student's-t, chi-square and F-distributions.
- Use the normal distribution to determine probabilities of observing defined ranges of measurement in survey projects.
- Define, intuitively, the Central Limit Theorem.
- Use the Central Limit Theorem and knowledge of the normal distribution to develop the ideas of confidence interval estimation.
- Estimate confidence intervals for the mean of large and small samples.
- Apply confidence interval estimation to engineering and cadastral surveys and the analysis of error in least-square adjustment problems.
- Calculate confidence intervals for variances and standard deviations.
- Apply variance interval estimation to EDM measurements.
- Set up various hypotheses tests.
- Recognize type I and type II errors.
- Use hypothesis testing in analyzing the outcomes of least square adjustment problems such as determining if the variance factor is satisfactory.
- Investigate error propagation in survey calculations.
- Calculate propagated in geometric studies such as in triangulation problems.
- Apply error propagation to determine the statistical error in a traverse.
- Use error propagation as an assist to preliminary investigation in survey design given final design parameters.
- Calculate the principal parameters of bivariate data: the correlation coefficient and covariance.
- Relate adjustment of observations, variance-covariance matrices and correlation.
- Test the correlation coefficient for significance.
- Relate the ellipse of error to the bivariate normal distribution.
- Link covariance matrices with the ellipse of error.
- Use the ellipse of error in analysis of adjustment problems.
Effective as of Fall 2003
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.