Statistics 3N03/3J04

Statistical Methods for Engineering
Probability and Statistics for Engineering

Dr P.D.M. Macdonald, Dr Yiping Guo

2006-2007


| Announcements | Calendar | Timetable | Textbook | Labs | Course Notes | Computing Resources |
| Assignments | Tests | Links | Trivia |

Statistics 3N03 and 3J04 are offered by the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at McMaster University.
Any questions, comments or suggestions? Send an e-mail to me at pdmmac@mcmaster.ca.


Announcements

Please pick up your marked tests from HH-210 during my office hours.
I will deduct 4 marks from any test that is not picked up before the exam on December 18.

How to prepare for the exam
*
Do Assignment #5. I have posted all the solutions in R;
make sure you can get exactly the same numbers with your calculator.
Note: I have added a graph and a CI for residual variance to Q3.
I have posted handwritten calculator solutions for Q3, 4, 6.
* Do Assignment #3 from each past year; practice doing these problems
to make sure you can do them easily and accurately.
* Assumptions and conclusions are important! Review my model solutions and
ask me if there is anything you don't understand completely.
* Review your three tests, check them against the posted solutions, and make sure
you can now answer all these questions perfectly.
* Review definitions and trivia.

Verify your STATS 3N03 and STATS 3J04 Term Marks online.
The first column gives the LAST 5 DIGITS of your student number.

REMAINING EXAM OFFICE HOURS
There are no more office hours. I will be away much of the weekend and unable to respond to e-mail..

Calendar Description & Course Outline

STATS 3N03: Statistical Methods for Engineering

Introduction to statistical methods and applications: data analysis and statistical methods.

STATS 3J04: Probability and Statistics for Engineering

Introduction to probability, data analysis, statistical inference, regression, correlation and analysis of variance, applications to civil and environmental engineering.

Course Outline

Timetable

Monday 9:30, Tuesday 10:30 and Thursday 9:30 in ITB-137

STATS 3J04 has an additional class with Dr Yiping Guo each Tuesday at 13:30 in T13-125.

Office hours: Monday 10:30, Tuesday 11:30, Thursday 10:30 & 13:30. Other times by appointment.

Textbook

Montgomery, D.C. & Runger, G.C. (2006) Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, Fourth Edition, Wiley.

This book will be useful as a statistics and experimental design handbook in later courses and after you graduate. Wiley provides a list of errata for the text and other online resources for students (Third Edition or Fourth Edition) and instructors (Third Edition or Fourth Edition).

Dalgaard, P. (2002) Introductory Statistics with R, Springer.

Optional reference text.

Computer Labs

Drop-in computer labs will be held 19:30-20:30, Monday to Thursday, September 18-21 and 25-28, in BSB-241.

Course Notes

Computing Resources

You want the "Precompiled binary distribution", not the "source code". For Windows installation, go to the link for "Windows (95 and later)", open folder "base", and click on R-2.3.1-win32.exe to download the installer. Run R-2.3.1-win32.exe to install R on your computer.

Because you are running R in Windows, not UNIX, you should skip the Introduction, which is mostly about UNIX, and begin with Entering Data. Note that the tutorial uses _ instead of <- but this practice is deprecated so you should always use <-.

Assignments

These assignments are for self-directed learning. They will not be graded and you do not have to hand them in. However, you will find that writing down your interpretation of the results is an excellent way to clarify your understanding. If you complete your report and submit it to me, I will read it and return it with comments and suggestions.

Tests

Test #1aM (Makeup)

2006-10-02 (Monday)

14:30-16:30

BSB-248 Student Technology Centre*

Test #1a (STATS 3N03) Solutions

2006-10-03 (Tuesday)

19:00-21:00

BSB-241, 248, 249 Student Technology Centres*

Test #1bM (Makeup)

2006-10-05 (Thursday)

14:30-16:30

BSB-248 Student Technology Centres*

Test #1b (STATS 3J04) Solutions

2006-10-05 (Thursday)

19:00-21:00

BSB-241, 242, 248, 249 Student Technology Centres*

Test #2 - Solutions

2006-11-06 (Monday)

9:30-10:25

STATS 3N03: A-N T29-101, P-Z REF-102
STATS 3J04: ITB-137

Test #3 - Solutions
Test #3A - Solutions
Test #3B - Solutions
Bring copies of Tables I & III-VI
[3rd edition: Tables I-V]

2006-11-27 (Monday)

9:30-10:25

STATS 3N03: A-N T29-101, P-Z REF-102
STATS 3J04: ITB-137

Aids permitted: Any calculators, any mathematical or statistical tables, one sheet of notes (8.5" x 11", one side only).

*You must have a valid userid, password and laser printing account for the BSB computer lab when you write Test #1. Tests MUST be submitted on paper; electronic submission is NOT permitted.

Some Other Links

Trivia

I was in Washinton, DC, Nov. 15-17 on a Scientific Advisory Panel for the US Environmental Protection Agency:
Studies Evaluating the Impact of Surface Coatings on the Level of Dislodgeable Arsenic, Chromium and Copper
from Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-Treated Wood
. Why is it important to have statisticians on these panels?

Learn about these famous statisticians!
The Reverend Thomas Bayes, Siméon Denis Poisson, Florence Nightingale, William Sealey Gosset, Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, John Wilder Tukey, Charles Dunnett, Karl Pearson. George Waddel Snedecor named the F-distribution in honour of Fisher. Gosset and I both studied at New College, Oxford, but we were not there at the same time.

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