MM382: Probability and Statistics for Engineers

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MM382 Probability and Statistics for Engineers

• Lecturer
• Prof. M. A. El-Baradie

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Descriptive Statistics

• Graphical Presentation of Data
• The Dot Diagram and Stem-and-leaf Diagram
• Measure of Location
• The Mean
• Measures of Variability
• The Sample Variance and Sample Standard Deviation
• Linear Regression
• The Least Squares Principle
• Linear Correlation Coefficient

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• Discrete Random Variables and Probability
  Distributions
• The Binomial Distribution
• Continuous Random Variables and Probability
  Distributions
• The Normal Distribution
• The Normal Approximation to the Binomial
  Distribution
• Test of Hypotheses
• Statistical Hypotheses
• Testing a Statistical Hypothesis
• One-sided and Two-sided Hypotheses
• General Procedure for Hypotheses Testing

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Reference

• Applied Statistics and Probability for
  Engineers,
• Douglas Montgomery and G. Runger,
• John Wiley.