MA 242 Engineering Statistics 3 (3,0)
MA 242 Engineering Statistics 3 (3,0)
Introduction & role of statistics in engineering. Population & samples, Variables, Methods of
displaying data sets, Stem & leaf display, Histogram, Histogram shapes, Boxplot, Bar chart,
Pareto diagram, Dot diagram, Frequency distributions & their graphs, Outlier. Mean, Median,
Quartile, Percentile, Range, Deviation from mean, Sample variance, Sample standard deviation,
Coefficient of variation.
Probability, Concepts & definitions, Basic theorems of probability, Law of total probability,
Bayes theorem, Discrete and continuous random variables and their probability distributions,
Density and distribution functions; Expectation.
Mean & variance of discrete & continuous random variables, Binomial distribution, Poisson
distribution, Normal distribution, t-distribution, Chi- square distribution, F-distribution.
Sampling techniques and sampling distribution; Point estimation and interval estimation of
parameters, Least square linear & polynomial regression, Linearization of nonlinear models,
Correlation, Design of experiments, Analysis of variance.
Recommended Books:
1. Applied Statistics for Engineers & Scientists by Devore/Farnum. Thomas.
2. Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Ronald E. Walpole. Pearson
Educational International.
3. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and Sciences. CENGAGE Learning.
4. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig. John and Viley and Sons.
5. Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers by Montgomery, Runger, John and
Viley and Sons.
6. Probability and Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, Papoulis Athanasios,
McGraw-Hill Inc.
7. Introduction to Statistical Theory by Muhammad Shehzad and Sher Muhammad, Ilmi
Kitab Khana Urdu Bazar Lahore.
Recommended Books:
1. Quality Improvement, Dale H. Besterfield,
2. Fundamentals of Dimensional Metrology, Doston, Harlow, Thompson
3. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Douglas C. Montgomery