Spring 2008
 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
IME 312 ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Prerequisite: Passing grade in IME 301 or STA 309
 Revised 5/11/08
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 10:00-11:00 a.m.,1:30-2:30 p.m.,Tues 2:30-3:30 p.m., Wed 11:00-12:00 noon, 1:30-2:30 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. From CSU software page, click on Minitab, then download and follow instructions. Note: Must download from CSU location. You can download to media and install on you home computer.), Microsoft EXCEL (v4.0 or later)

Class

Day

Date

Read Prior to Class

Description

Assignments Due/Quizzes
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M

3/31

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Academic Holiday

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1

W

4/2

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Introduction, How to Study

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2

M

4/7

Ch. 5
Normal Distribution

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3

W

4/9

Ch.5, 7
Normal, Sampling Distributions
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4

M

4/14

Ch. 7, 8
Sampling Distributions, Confidence Intervals & Hypothesis Testing
Assignment #1 - Ch 5

5

W

4/16
Ch. 8
Confidence Intervals & Hypothesis Testing Quiz #1 - Ch. 5

6

M

4/21

Ch. 8 & 9
Hypothesis Testing Assignment #2 - Ch 7, 8

7

W

4/23

Ch. 10
Cont. Tables, Goodness-of-Fit
 

8

M

4/28
Ch. 12
Linear Regression Assignment #3 - Ch. 9, 10

9

W

4/30

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Test #1 - Ch. 5, 7, 8, 9  

10

M

5/5

Ch.1
Probability
Assignment #4 - Ch. 10,12

11

W

5/7

Ch. 2

Random Variables, Expectation
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12

M

5/12
Ch. 3
Discrete Distributions
Assignment #5 - Ch 1

13

W

5/14
"
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Quiz #2 - Ch. 12

14

M

5/19

Ch.4
Continuous Distributions Assignment #6 - Ch 2 & 3

15

W

5/21

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Test #2 - Ch. 1, 2, 10, 12

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M

5/26
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Memorial Day Holiday
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16

W

5/28

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Continuous Distributions

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17

M

6/2
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Continuous Distributions
Assignment #7- Ch 4

18

W

6/4
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Review
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Test #3 Wednesday , June 11, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, Ch. 3, 4

Click Here to Go to Generic Course Policies and Procedures 

Grading will be based on the following (Note: Must have a "passing" average on tests to pass the course):
Highest Test Score*

30%
Middle Test Score*

25%
Lowest Test Score*

20%
Quiz Average*

10%
Homework
10%
Attendance

5%

*Tests and Quizzes will be Open handouts and one page of formulas for each quiz or test. For example, by the day of the Final you can have five pages of formulas along with handouts. Note: Formula sheets may not have worked problems.

Homework Assignments (TBD):