Al-Nahrain University / College of Information Engineering

Department of Networks Engineering.

Course Syllabus for Credit Hours System (2023-2024)
Course Title Probability and Statistics Total Units 3
Course Code PBST202 Theoretical Hrs./W 3
Prerequisites Calculus I/ CALC101 Tutorial Hrs./W 1
Course Type Compulsory / College Requirement Practical Hrs./W -
Level Second / Semester I Total Hrs./W 4

Week
No.
Detailed Topics
Review of Sets Theory,
1 Combinatorial analysis: Permutation and Combination
Data representation
2 Tables: Frequency distribution table, Relative frequency distribution, Cumulative frequency distribution
Figures: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Ogives, Pi chart
Statistical measurements:
Centrality (mean, median and mode)
3 Dispersion (range, variance, standard deviation)
Position (percentile, quartile, inter-quartile range)
Moments (laws, values meaning, 3 examples on each moment)
4 Mean, Variance, Skewness, Kurtosis
Elementary probability Theory, axioms of probability joint probability , Random Experiment, independent and
5 mutually exclusive events.
Conditional Prob.
6 Joint prob. And conditional probability, Total Probability, Bayes Theorem, repeated (Bernoulli) trials
Random variables.
7 Discrete and Continuous Random variable., Probability density function (pdf) and cumulative distribution function (cdf).
Expectations and Moments
8 Expected values of discrete and continues random variables, Expectations of function involving random
variables. Moments about the origin and about the mean.
Some important distributions;
9 the uniform distribution, the binomial and Poisson distributions (Applications in traffic theory).
The normal (Gaussian) distribution; Standard normal distribution, the use of tables to calculate prob. for normal distribution.
10 The definition of Q-Function and its applications
Exponential & Gamma distributions
11
Related formula, generation via PC, application in wireless communications
Chi square distribution
12 Chi square test for independence, Ch square for goodness of fit
Rayleigh & Rician Distributions
13
Related formula, generation via PC, application in wireless communications
Transformation of Random Variables
14
Summation and multiplication of two R.V, Transformation of R.V., Generation of different R.V. using computer.
Random processes. Types and properties, Stationary, ergodic, nonstationary. Expectations of random processes,
15 Autocorrelation, independent and orthogonal processes, Auto-covariance
Book#1
Walpole & Myers, "Probability & Statistics for Engineers and Scientists", 8th Ed., 2007, Pearson Prentice Hall
Reference#1
Spiegel & Stephens, "Statistics", Schaum's Outline series, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill
Reference#2
Spiegel, Schiller & Srinivasan, "Probability & Statistics", Schaum's Outline series, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill