University of Engineering and Technology Lahore

Course Outline Report

Subject:MA-242a Engineering Statistics

Department: Department of Mathematics Printed Date: 04/09/2022

Course Description

Introduction and role of statistics in engineering, population and samples, variables, methods of displaying data
sets, stem and leaf display, histogram, histogram shapes, box plot, bar chart, Pareto diagrams, dot diagram,
frequency distribution and their graph, outlier, mean, median, mode, quartiles, deciles, percentiles, range,
deviation from mean, sample variance, sample standard deviation, coefficient of variation. Probability concept and
definitions, basic theorems of probability, law of total probability, Baye’s theorem,

Probability distributions, mean and median of discrete and continuous distributions, variance and standard
deviation for discrete and continuous distributions, expected value of discrete and continuous random variables,
Binomial, Poisson, normal distributions, t-distribution, chi-square distribution, F- distribution, estimation of
parameters, least square linear and polynomial regression, linearization of nonlinear models, nonlinear
regression, correlation, design of experiments

Course Detail

Faculty Muhammad Naeem

Contact naeemuetlahore@gmail.com

Credit Hrs 2.0

Pre-requisite

Domain
CLOs Description PLOs Domain Level

M easureable Student Learning Outcomes

CLO1 Understand the techniques to interpret descriptive statistics PLO01 Cognitive 2.

numerically and graphically. Understand

CLO2 Apply appropriate probabilistic methods for analyzing PLO01 Cognitive 3. Apply
uncertainty, risk and reliability.

CLO3 Analyze a relationship between two or more data sets, their PLO01 Cognitive 4. Analyze
strength of relation and their variation over time for prediction
and forecasting.

CLO4 Evaluate the assumption about the population parameter using PLO01 Cognitive 5. Evaluate
sample statistic.

Text Books
 1. 1. “Probability and Statistics” by Schaum’s Outline Series, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill.
2. 2. “Theory and problems of Statistics” by Schaum’s Outline Series, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill.
3. 3. “Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers” by Douglas Montgomery and George Runger, 3rd
Edition, John and Viley and Sons.

Grading Policy

Quiz 1 10.0%

Quiz 2 10.0%

Class Participation 10.0%

Mid Semester 30.0%

End Semester 40.0%

Tentative Weekly Lecture Plan

Week Topics CLOs

(Lec)