Statistics 3N03

Statistical Methods for Engineering

Dr P.D.M. Macdonald

1999-00

Any questions, comments or suggestions? Send an e-mail message to me at pdmmac@mcmaster.ca.

Calendar Description & Course Outline

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

• Course Outline

Announcements

Examination Aids Any calculators; one sheet of notes (8.5" x 11", both sides); any mathematical or statistical tables. If the tables are in a textbook, elastic bands must be drawn around the remaining pages so that only the tables can be used. Don't forget to bring elastic bands! You may use the tables of formulas inside the front and back covers of the course text. You may use your calculator instruction card. Check your Term Marks! Click here for Study Hints! Solutions for Assignment #3 are now available in the Thode Library. There are also a few copies on the table by my door in BSB-202 - you can take a copy away to photocopy, but please return it to the table where you got it!!

Timetable

Monday 8:30, Wednesday 8:30, Friday 10:30, in LS-B130E

Computer Labs

• The class will meet in BSB computer labs at the following times:
  • 1999-09-13 08:30-09:20 (Monday) BSB-244
  • 1999-09-15 08:30-09:20 (Wednesday) BSB-245
  • 1999-09-17 10:30-11:20 (Friday) BSB-241

  Please make sure that you have a valid userid and password for the lab!

Course Notes

• How to interpret a Box Plot
• Statistical jargon you should know - Updated 1999-12-05!
• Verifying your assumptions
• Matrix notation and the text notation:

Note that while Montgomery & Runger don't use matrix notation in Chapter 6, you should verify that formula (6-36) on page 250 is just E(AX) = A E(X) and formula (6-37) is Var(AX) = A Var(X) A', for the special case where the matrix A = (c₁, ..., c_p) is a single row.

Course Resources

• Where are we in the course text? - Updated 1999-12-08!
• Get the data sets from Montgomery & Runger electronically [Chapters 1-8 only]

Exercises

• Exercise #1
• Exercise #1 - Some results
• Exercise #2
• Exercise #2 - Some results
• Exercise #3
• Exercise #3 - Solutions

Assignments

• Assignment #1 - Due 1999-10-06 17:00
• Assignment #1 - Solutions
• Assignment #2 - Due 1999-11-03 17:00
• Assignment #2 - Solutions
• Assignment #3 - Due 1999-11-24 17:00

Tests

• Test #1
• Test #1 - Solutions
• Test #2
• Test #3 - Solutions - page 1 2 3 4

Some Other Links

• My work on mixture distributions
• Statistical Society of Canada / Société statistique du canada

Need more help?

• If you have concerns about preparing for tests and examinations, improving your study habits, giving class presentations, or mastering English as a second language, the Centre for Student Development can help.

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