California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
IME 301 Application of Statistics in Engineering
Prerequisite: Passing grade in MAT 116 or equivalent (integral calculus)
 Winter 2008
Revised 2/8/2008
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Instructor: Dr. Phillip R. Rosenkrantz, IME Department
Office Phone:
909-869-2553, Office FAX: 909-869-2564
Office:
17-2686, email: rosenkrantz@csupomona.edu
URL:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~rosenkrantz

Office Hours: M
on 11:00-12:00 noon, 1:00-1:30 p.m., 3:00-4:00 p.m.,Tues 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wed 11:00-12:00 noon, 1:00-1:30 p.m. Posted by office (call first if convenient--see
Policies and Procedures). ( Click here to see Dr. Rosenkrantz' complete schedule)

Text:
Hayter, Anthony J., Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (With CDROM preferred), 3rd Edition, Duxbury (may also be listed under Thompson Learning or Brooks-Cole), 2006, ISBN 0495107573. (Optional student solutions manual available).

Software: Minitab Release 15 (Available in Engineering labs and for no charge using CSU site license. See the license and download link. Note that the software can only be downloaded on campus. Disks containing Minitab 15 are also available from the instructor), Microsoft EXCEL (v4.0 or later)
Week Date Review Chapter Prior to Class Topic Assignment Due/Quiz
1

M 1/7
- Introduction. Statistics in Engineering.
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W 1/9
Ch. 6 Introduction. Data Summary & Presentation, Descriptive Statistics

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2

M 1/14
Ch. 1.1-1.5, 1.7 Descriptive Statistics, Probability -
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W 1/16
Ch. 2.1 Discrete Random Variables

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M 1/21
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Academic Holiday
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3

W 1/23
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Project Proposal Due
4

M 1/28
Ch. 2.2 Continuous Random Variables
HW #1
4

W 1/30
Ch. 2.3, 2.6 Expectation Quiz #1- Ch. 6
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M 2/4
Ch. 3.1, 3.3 Discrete Probability Distributions
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W 2/6
Ch. 3.4-3.5

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M 2/11
Ch. 4.1-4.2, 5.1-5.2 Continuous Probability Distributions - Continuous uniform, Normal Quiz #2 - Ch.1, 2 (Practice quizzes posted in Bb)
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W 2/13
Ch. 5.3 Normal approx. to binomial, Chi-Square, t

HW#3

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M 2/18
- Academic Holiday -
7

W 2/20
Ch. 7.1-7.3
Sampling Distributions Quiz #3 - Ch. 3
8

M 2/25
Ch. 8.2-8.3 Hypothesis Testing - Single Samples HW#4
8

W 2/27
Ch. 9
Ch. 10.3-10.4
Hypothesis Testing - Two Samples
Chi-square tests
Quiz #4 - Ch. 4, 5
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M 3/3
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(Project) - submit via Bb by midnight 3/2

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W 3/5
- (Project) - submit via Bb by midnight 3/2

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M 3/10
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(Project) - submit via Bb by midnight 3/2

HW#5 - 8, 9, 10
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W 3/12
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Quiz #5 - Ch. 8-10
Final Exam: Monday, 3/17, 1:40-3:40 p.m., Quiz 6 (All)
Final Grades will be based on the following. See Policies and Procedures page for sample calculations:
Homework  10%
Quizzes (average of best 5, no make up quizzes. Must have 60% or better quiz average to pass the course)  65%
Class Participation/Attendance 5%
Data Collection & Analysis Project  20%

Homework Assignments:

Assignment #1: 6.1.4, 6.1.7, 6.2.4, 6.2.8, 6.2.11, 6.3.3, 6.3.5, 6.3.8 (Ch. 6 Reading notes, video clips, data sets)

Assignment #2: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.7.2 a,b, 1.7.3 a,b, 1.7.7, 1.7.21, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.4, 2.3.11, 2.4.2, 2.4.6, 2.6.1 a, c

Assignment #3: 3.1.2, 3.1.9, 3.3.1, 3.3.7, 3.4.1, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.5.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.9,

Assignment #4: 5.1.3, 5.1.4 (video clip), 5.2.17, 5.3.1 a, b, 5.3.5,

Assignment #5: 5.4.15 b,c,d, 7.3.22, 8.2.5, 8.2.8, 9.6.7, 9.6.21, 10.4.3