Stat 321 – Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

Review handout/problems
Sample formulas pages

General Information

• Goals
• Materials
• Prerequisite

 Winter 2008 Information

• Meeting Times
• Syllabus
• Course Schedule
• You can access Blackboard from my.calpoly.edu
• Post to Course Email Discussion List
• Lecture notes
• HWs and solutions
• Labs
• Quiz solutions
• Stat 321 Data files
• Stat 321 JAVA applets

Resources

• Computer Instructions (pdf)
  
• Downloading Minitab 15
• Frequently Asked Minitab Questions
• (see also this Minitab appendix in pdf format)
• Open Labs Hours
• Studio Classroom Schedule (Open Hours MTR 11-12, TR 3-4)
• Learning Commons PC Lab
• College of Business Open Lab
• Chance News
• Links to other fun statistics pages

Goals

Students will learn how to summarize data using tabular, graphical and numerical techniques, understand basic probability concepts, properties, and problem solving, become familiar with common types of discrete and continuous probability models and expected values, and begin to apply these properties to samples of data for estimation (sampling distributions, point estimation, confidence intervals). Follow links above to see individual instructor syllabus.

Materials Required

• Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, 7 ^th edition, J.L. Devore (Duxbury/Cengage, 2008)
• Access to Minitab software, Excel, internet
• Additional Handouts (Available from Instructor)
• Scientific Calculator
• USB drive
• Email Address
• Large 3-ring binder

Prerequisite

Math 132 or Math 142.

Meeting Times (Winter, 2008)

• Section 1: MTRF 12:10-1:00 (10-111 Fridays, 35-111B))