IE254B

MARMARA UNIVERSITY - Faculty of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

SYLLABUS

2009-2010 Fall Semester

Course Code

Course Name

Course Type

Weekly Course Hours

Credits

ECTS

Campus / Weekly Time & Classroom Schedule

IE254.B

Statistics for Engineers

Compulsory

Göztepe Campus/ Thursday 09:30-12:30 MB655

Prerequisite

Prerequisite to

ME411

Course Lecturer

Lecturer M. Övül Arıoğlu Akan

Office Hours Schedule

Tuesday 13:30-15:30/ Friday 10:30-12:30

E-mail

ovul@marmara.edu.tr

Phone

(0216) 348 02 92 / 220

Office / Room No

MA227

Teaching Assistant(s)

Phone

E-mail

Office / Room No

Course
Objectives

The objectives of the course are to introduce the mechanical engineering students to the basic concepts of probability and statistics and thus encourage the application of probability models and statistical methods in their careers in engineering.

Textbooks
and/or
References

Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, by D. M. Levine, P. P. Ramsey and R. K. Smidt, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences (6th Edition), by J. L. Duxbury, Addison Wesley, 2004.

Business Statistics a First Course (3rd Edition), by D. M. Levine, T. C. Krehbiel and M. L. Berenson, Prentice Hall, 2002.

Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientists (8th Edition), by R. E. Walpole, R. H. Myers, S. L. Myers and K. Ye, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.

Introduction to Probability and Statistics (4th Edition), by J. S. Milton, J. C. Arnold, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

WEEK

Date

TOPICS

Reference No - Section

Week 1

40080

Introduction to Statistics

1 - 1.1, 1.2 & 3 - 1.1, 1.2

Week 2

40087

Variables, Types of Data, and Levels of Measurement, Sampling; Measures of Central Tendency and Variation

1 - 1.4,1.6,3.1,3.2 & 3 - 1.4,1.5,3.1

Week 3

39880

Measures of Shape, The Box-and-Whisker Plot

1 - 3.2, 3.3 & 3 - 3.2, 3.3

Week 4

39887

Time-Order Plot, Tables and Charts for Numerical Data, Graphing Categorical Data

1 - 2.3, 2.4, 2.7 & 3 - 2.1, 2.3, 2.4

Week 5

39894

Introduction to Probability, Combinatorial Concepts, Conditional Probability, Independence

2 - 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

Week 6

40122

Probability and Cumulative Distributions for Discrete Random Variables, Expected Value, Variance, Binomial Dist.

2 - 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 & 1 - 4.4

Week 7

40129

Hypergeometric Distribution, Negative Binomial Distribution, Geometric Distribution, Poisson Distribution

2 - 3.5, 3.6 & 1 - 4.5, 4.6, 4.7

Week 8

40150

Continuous Random Variables & Probability Density Functions, Cumulative Dist. Functions & Expected Values

2 - 4.1, 4.2 & 1 - 5.1, 5.2

Week 9

40157

The Normal Distribution, The Gamma Distribution and Its Relatives

2 - 4.3, 4.4 & 1 - 5.3, 5.4, 5.7

Week 10

40164

Sampling Distributions & Confidence Interval Estimation of the Mean, Variance, Proportion; Sample Sizes

1 - 5.9, 5.10, 8.1-4, 8.7 & 3 - 6.6

Week 11

40171

Midterm II

Week 12

40178

Basic Concepts of Hypothesis Testing, One-Sample Tests for the Mean

1 - 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 & 3 - 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

Week 13

40185

Determining the Simple Linear Regression Equation, Measures of Variation in Regression and Correlation

1 - 12.1-12.4,12.10 & 3 - 10.2,10.3

Week 14

40192

Software Application of the Topics Covered

Evaluation
Tools

Evaluation Tool

Quantity

Date

Weight in
Total (%)

Weight in
Semester Evaluation (%)

Final Exam

19.01.2010-01.02.2010

Final Make-up Exam (if exists)

Semester Evaluation

100

Midterm(s)

16-26.11.2009/24.12.2009

Quiz(zes)

Project(s)

Homework(s)

Laboratory

Other

*** Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) ***

Language of Instruction:

English

Evaluation Tool

Quantity

Student Workload Hours

Evaluation Tool

Quantity

Student Workload Hours

Theoretical Hours

Applied Hours

Midterm

Final

Quiz

Project

Laboratory

Homework

Atelier

Seminar

Field Study

Presentation

Other

Self Study

TOTAL :

111

Recommended ECTS Credit (Total Hours / 25) :