Syllabus - TerpConnect - University of Maryland

Course CalendarNote: Students should read the chapter associated with the lecture PRIOR to class. Homework(HW) assignment dates are tentatively listed; due dates will be listed on the assignment.Day Date Topic Chapter/Section HWTues Jan 25 Overview of SyllabusStatistics in Engineering & ScienceCh. 1 and Ch. 2-1 to 2-2Thurs Jan 27 Theory of Probability Ch. 2-3 to 2-8 #1Tues Feb 1 Discrete Random Variables, ProbabilityCh. 3-1 to 3-4Distributions, andMean and VarianceThurs Feb 3 Discrete Distributions Ch. 3-5 to 3-7 & 3-9 #2Tues Feb 8 Continuous Random Variables, Probability Ch. 4-1 to 4-6Distributions, Mean and Variance, NormalDistributionThurs Feb 10 Normal DistributionCh. 4-6 to 4-8 & 4.10 #3Distributions for Flaws and Lifetimes of ProductsTues Feb 15 Joint Probability Distributions Ch. 5-1 to 5-2Thurs Feb 17 Covariance/Correlations Ch. 5-3 and 5-5 #4Tues Feb 22 Propagation of ErrorsData Description/PlotsSample DistributionsHandoutsCh. 6-1, 6-3 to 6-6Ch. 7-1 to 7-2Thurs Feb 24 Confidence Intervals: Single Sample Ch. 8-1 to 8-4 #5Tues Mar 1 Confidence Intervals: Single SampleCh. 8-5 to 8-6Exam ReviewThurs Mar 3 EXAM 1 Covered Material in #6Chapters 1-5Tues Mar 8 No Class (Biophysical Society Meeting)Thurs Mar 10 Hypothesis Testing Ch. 9-1 to 9-4Tues Mar 15 Hypothesis Testing Ch. 9-5 to 9-7Thurs Mar 17 Statistical Inference: Two Samples Ch. 10-1 to 10-4 #7Tues Mar 22Thurs Mar 24Spring Break ☺Tues Mar 29 No Class (American Chemical Society Meeting)Thurs Mar 31 No Class (American Chemical Society Meeting)Tues Apr 5 Statistical Inference: Two SamplesCh. 10-5 to 10-7Exam ReviewThurs Apr 7 EXAM 2 Covered Material inChapters 6-10Tues Apr 12 Linear Regression Ch. 11-1 to 11-4Thurs Apr 14 Regression: Confidence Intervals, Prediction, Ch. 11-5 to 11-8 #8Adequacy, & CorrelationTues Apr 19 Non-linear Regression Ch. 11-9 & HandoutsThurs Apr 21 Design of Single Factor Experiments Ch. 13-1 to 13-2Tues Apr 26 Design of Single Factor Experiments Ch. 13-3 to 13-4 #9Thurs Apr 28 Design of Two-factor Experiments Ch. 14-1 to 14-3Tues May 3 Design of Multi-factor Experiments Ch. 14-4 to 14-6 #10Thurs May 5 Multi-factor Experiments: Factional Replication Ch. 14-7 to 14-8of 2 k Design & Response Surface MethodsTues May 10 Statistical Quality ControlCh. 15 #11Final Exam ReviewThurs May 12 FINAL EXAM, 8:00-10:00am All course material