School of Engineering and Computer Science

Independent University, Bangladesh

Course No: MAT 211
Course Title: Probability and Statistics
Autumn 2013

Instructor: Dr. Shipra Banik

Office: 6004-A, email: banik@secs.iub.edu.bd

ST: 11:30 a.m.-13:00 p.m

MW: 11:30 a.m – 13:00 p.m or by appointment

Pre-requisite: MAT 101 or equivalent. Instructional Format p/w: 2×1½ -hours lectures
and 1-hour tutorial

Course objectives

An understanding of statistics is required in the implementation of uncertainty calculations in

different fields. It is understandable clearly by anyone, today information is everywhere and
one will be bombarded with the numerical information. What is needed then? Skills are
needed today to deal with all of numerical information. First, need to be critical consumers of
information presented by others and second, need to be able to reduce large amounts of data
into a meaningful form so that one can make effective interpretations, judgments and
decisions.

The course ‘MAT 211 Probability and Statistics’ is an important foundation course offered by
IUB and suited for all undergraduate students who wish to major under the non-SECS, IUB. It
covers all the usual topics in statistics and explains how theories can apply to solve real world
problems. Topics include: Elementary Descriptive Techniques, Probability Theory with
Important Probability Distributions, Sampling Theory, Statistical Inference, Linear
Correlation and Regression Theories and others.

By the end of the course, students should have acquired sufficient skills to be able to: follow
statistical arguments in reports and presentations; understand how to apply the statistical tools
to make effective decisions and find that many of the topics and methods students learn can
be used in other courses in their future education; finally, express statistical findings in non-
technical language.

Lecture Times and Places Tutorial Times and Places

Sec-01-S,T 09:40 a.m.–11:10 a.m. Rm: Th 11:20 p.m–12:50 p.m. Rm: BC6008
BC6008
Sec-02-S,T 13:40 p.m–15:10 p.m. Rm: Th 13:40 a.m–15:10 a.m. Rm: BC6008
BC6008
Sec-10-M,W 09:40 a.m–11:10 a.m Rm: Th 09:40 a.m-11:10 a.m. Rm: BC6009
BC6009

Textbook: All students should buy:

Anderson D.R., Sweeney, D.J. and Thomas A.W. (2008), Statistics for Business and
Economics (10th Edition), South-Western, A Division of Thomson Learning.

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Reference:
Murray R. Spigel and Larry J. Stephens (2008), Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of
Statistics (Fourth edition), Schaum’s Outline Series, McGraw-Hill.

Evaluation criteria
Homework will be assigned weekly. Students are not required to hand those back for grading
but completing the given homework is essential for understanding the material and
performing satisfactorily on examinations.

The weighting scheme is as follows:

Class attendance: 10%, Two Class tests (CT) – 30 %( each of 15%), Mid-term test (MT) -
20% and Final test (FT) - 40%

Rules and regulations

h Students are required to attend classes on time and to take well-organized notes.
h If a student misses or fails to attend a class, it is his/her sole responsibility to obtain
missing information (for examples, change of exam dates, omit/add some topics,
lecture notes, new home works etc).
h For a test, no extensions or alternative times are possible and also there is no word for
make-up.
h For any unavoidable circumstances, the test will be strictly held on the next lecture.
h No extra work will be given to improve the grade.
h Students are required to show matured behaviour in class. For examples, cellular
phones will be shut off during class lectures and examinations. Eating, drinking,
chewing gum, reading newspapers, socialization and sleeping are not permitted in
class.
h Any kinds of cheating in class are strictly prohibited and may result in a failing
grade for the course.
h Students are advised to obtain a scientific calculator for use in the class. It is
noticeable that the two variables calculator is needed for all types of calculations.

Grading scales
Above 85%: A, 81%-85%: A-, 76%-80%: B+, 71%-75%: B, 66%-70%: B-, 61%-65%: C+,
56%-60%: C, 51%-55%: C-, 46%-50%: D+, 45%-40%: D, below 40%: F

Incomplete (I-Grade)
I-grade will be given only to a student who has completed the bulk of the course works and is
unable to complete the course due to a serious disruption not caused by the student’s own
slackness.

Final Test: All sections will have a common examination. Materials and date will be
announced later.

Topics to be covered

Week_1
Chapter-1: Introduction: Data, elements, variables, observations, scales of measurement, raw
data, qualitative data, quantitative data, cross-sectional data, time series data, census survey,
sample survey, population, random sample, computer and statistical analysis
Chapter-2: Summarizing qualitative data- Frequency distribution, relative (or percent)
frequency distribution, bar chart, pie chart
Summarizing quantitative data- Frequency distribution, relative (or percent) frequency
distribution, cumulative frequency distribution, stem and leaf display

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Week_2
Summarizing quantitative data continued: histogram, ogive, Line chart, dot plot,
Summarizing bi-variate data: Cross-tabulation, scatter diagram
Chapter-3: Measures of Location: simple mean, weighted mean median, mode, quartiles,
percentiles

Week_3
Measures of Variability: Range, Inter-quartile range, variance, standard deviation, coefficient
of variation
Distribution shapes: skewness and kurtosis, Detecting outliers - Five number summary, z-
score.

Week_4
Detecting Outliers (Five number summary), Z-score
Review: Week_1-Week_3
Test -1

Week_5
Chapter-4: Random experiment, random variable, sample space, events, counting
rules(combinations), tree diagram, probability defined on events

Week_6:
Basic relationships of probability: addition law, complement law, conditional probability
(independent events, multiplication law)), Bayes Theorem

Week_7:
Chapter-5: Discrete random variable, discrete probability distribution, expected value,
variance, standard deviation.
Continuous random variable, continuous probability distribution, expected value, variance,
standard deviation.

Test -2 (Mid-term test)

Week_8
Discrete probability distributions- Uniform distribution, binomial distribution, Poisson
distribution
Chapter 6: Continuous probability distributions- symmetric distribution.

Week_9
Test -3
Chapter 7: Target population, random sample, table of random numbers, simple random
sampling, point estimate (sample mean and sample SD)
Chapter-8:Parameter, statistic, margin of error (ME), statistical tables (z-table, t-table, chi-
square table, F-table), confidence interval of population mean, confidence interval of
population proportion, confidence interval of population standard deviation

Week_10
Chapter-9: Hypothesis, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, type I error, type II error, one-
tail tests, two-tail test, Tests of population mean, proportion, standard deviation
Chapter -10: Statistical inference about means and proportions with two populations,

Week_11
Review: Week 9 and Week 10

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Interval estimations about two population means, proportions, standards deviations, Tests of
two populations means, two proportions, two standard deviations

Week_12
Chapter -14: Concepts of Covariance and Correlation (Numerical measures of bi-variate
data), Linear and Multiple Regression Model, Prediction, Applications from Practical Data

Final Test –Date will be announced later

Notes:
h The above course outline grants a general guide for the course only.
h Deviation or some changes may be necessary.
h The instructor will responsible the sole authority in all matters related to course
content, students grading and lecture room procedures.