California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
IME 301 Application of Statistics in Engineering
Prerequisite: Passing grade in MAT 116 or equivalent (integral calculus required)

 Winter 2009

Final Exam Time Revised 3/12/2009

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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
11:00-12:00 a.m, 1:30-2:30 p.m., W 11:00-12:00 a.m, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Th 10:30-11:30 a.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
(Student prices available for download from Minitab, Inc: 30 day free trial, 6 month rental ($29.99), 1 year rental (($49.99), perpetual version, ($99.99)), Microsoft EXCEL (v4.0 or later)

Week Date Review Chapter Prior to Class Topic

Assignments Due/Quiz

(assignments with reading notes and practice quizzes posted in Bb)

1

T 1/6
- Introduction. Statistics in Engineering.
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Th 1/8
Ch. 6 Introduction. Data Summary & Presentation, Descriptive Statistics

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2

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

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3

T 1/20
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Project Proposal Due
3

Th 1/22
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4

T 1/27
Ch. 2.2 Continuous Random Variables
HW #1
4

Th 1/29
Ch. 2.3, 2.6 Expectation Quiz #1- Ch. 6
5

T 2/3
Ch. 3.1, 3.3 Discrete Probability Distributions
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5

Th 2/5
Ch. 3.4-3.5

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6

T 2/10
Ch. 4.1-4.2, 5.1-5.2 Continuous Probability Distributions - Continuous uniform, Normal
HW#2 posted in Bb
6

Th 2/12
Ch. 5.3
Normal approx. to binomial, Chi-Square, tSampling Distributions
Quiz #2 - Ch.1, 2
7

T 2/17
Ch. 7.1-7.3
(no class meeting)

HW#3 (Turn in to IME Dept Office by 11 am)

7

Th 2/19
Ch. 8.2-8.3 Hypothesis Testing - Single Samples Quiz #3 - Ch. 3
8

T 2/24
Ch. 9
Ch. 10.3-10.4
Hypothesis Testing - Two Samples
Chi-square tests
HW#4
8

Th 2/26
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Quiz #4 - Ch. 4, 5
9

T 3/3
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(Project)-submit on Bb by midnight 3/1

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Th 3/5
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(no class meeting)

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10

T 3/10
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(Project)-submit on Bb by midnight 3/1

HW#5 - 8, 9, 10
 10

Th 3/12
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(Project)-submit on Bb by midnight 3/1 -
Quiz #5 - Ch. 8-10
Final Exam: Tuesday, 3/17, 9:10-10:10 a.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%