Fall 2008
 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
IME 312 ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Prerequisite: Passing grade in IME 301 or STA 309
 Revised 10/28//08
Instructor: Dr. Phillip R. Rosenkrantz, IME Department
Office Phone:
909-869-2553, Office FAX: 909-869-2564
Office:
17-2686 (number on door changing to 2690), email: rosenkrantz@csupomona.edu
URL:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~rosenkrantz

Office Hours: M 10:00-11:00 a.m, 2:00-3:00 p.m., T 3:00-4:00 p.m., W 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, 2:00-3:00 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
(Student prices available for download from Minitab, Inc: 30 day free trial, 6 month rental ($29.99), 1 year rental (($49.99), perpetual version, ($99.99)), Microsoft EXCEL (v4.0 or later)

 

Class

Day

Date

Read Prior to Class

Description

Assignments Due/Quizzes

1

M

9/29

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Introduction, How to Study

-

2

W

10/1

Ch. 5
Normal Distribution

-

3

M

10/6

Ch.5, 7
Normal, Sampling Distributions
-

4

W

10/8
-
-
-

5

M

10/13

Ch. 7, 8
Sampling Distributions, Confidence Intervals & Hypothesis Testing
-

6

W

10/15
Ch. 8
Confidence Intervals & Hypothesis Testing Assignment #1 - Ch 5

7

M

10/20

Ch. 8 & 9
Hypothesis Testing

Quiz #1 - Ch. 5

Assignment #2 - Ch 7, 8

8

W

10/22

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

9

M

10/27
Ch. 12
Linear Regression Assignment #3 - Ch. 9, 10

10

W

10/29

-
Probability
-

11

M

11/3

Ch.1
Test #1 - Ch. 5, 7, 8, 9
-

12

W

11/5

Ch. 2

Random Variables, Expectation
Assignment #4 - Ch. 10,12

13

M

11/10
Ch. 3
Discrete Distributions
Assignment #5 - Ch 1

14

W

11/12
"
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Quiz #2 - Ch. 12

15

M

11/17

Ch.4
Continuous Distributions Assignment #6 - Ch 2 & 3
16

W

11/19

"

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

-

17

M

11/24
-
Continuous Distributions
-

18

W

11/26

"
(independent study)

-

19

M

12/1
"
Continuous Distributions
Assignment #7- Ch 4
20
W
12/3
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Review
-
Test #3 Wednesday , December 10, 1:40 AM - 3:40 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):
Test #1*

25%
Test #2*

25%
Test #3*

25%
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 are posted in Blackboard