The course will be taught primarily from CLASS NOTES.

Reference 1.

Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger , Applied Statistics and
Probability for Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,Third Edition 2002.

Reference 2.

R.E. Walpole and R.H. Myers, Probability and Statistics for Engineers
and Scientists, Macmillan, Sixth Edition, 1999.

Reference 3.

Albrigt, Winston, and Zappe, Data Analysis and Decision Making with
Microsoft Excel, An Imprint of‘Brooks/Cole Publishing Company 1999.

Reference 4.

R.V. Hogg and J. Ledolter, Engineering Statistics, Macmillan, 1987.

Course Objective:

1. Develop an intuitive understanding of the concepts of probability and statistics,
which is so called ”statistical thinking”.
2. Develop a solid base for future work in areas such as quality control, inventory and
production analysis, human factors, reliability, simulation, and queuing analysis.

Contents:

Basic concept of probability, random variable, discrete probability distributions, continuous
probability distributions.

Quizzes:

A 10-15 minute quiz usually is given on Thursday. Exceptions such as during
test weeks, will be announced. Quizzes are closed notes and closed book.
No make-up quizzes are given for any reason, but the two lowest quizzes grades will be dropped.

Homework:

Homework will be assigned approximately weekly.

Examinations:

There are two 100-minute mid-term examinations evening tests, and one
two-hour final examination. All are closed book and closed note. For mid-term examinations,

you are allowed to bring one side of A4 paper. For final examinations, you are
allowed to bring two one-sided A4 papers of note. They are comprehensive, but have emphasis on material covered since the previous exam. Exam questions are typically not　from the book.

Grading:
Quizzes 20%
Home Work 15%
Midterms 40%
Final Exam. 25%