STT 351, Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Spring 2005

Instructor:
                   Yijun Zuo
                   Office: A440 Wells Hall
                   Tel: 517-432-5413, Email: zuo@msu.edu
Office Hours:
                   MW 11:10am-12:10am  and by appointment
Class Time:
                   MWF 10::20am-11:10am C316 WH
Textbook:
                   Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (by Sheldon M. Ross, Elsevier, 3^nd edition)                  

Prerequisite:
                   MTH 234 or MTH 254H or LBS 220 or  concurrently (or approval of instructor)
Grading:
                   Exams 60% ( Exam I, 100 points, Final Exam, 100 points) 
                   Homework 40% (about 10-15 sets of assignments )
                   4.0(>=90%),  3.5(85%-89%), 3.0(80%-84%), 2.5(75%-79%), 2.0(<75%)
Assignments:
                   Assignments will be due at the beginning of lecture on the days indicated
                   Late homework is not accepted
Important Dates:

January 10 First Day of Classes

January 14 Close of Adds

January 17 Martin L. King Day-No Classes

February 4 End of 100% Refund

March 2 Middle of the Semester

March 7 - 11 Spring Break

April 29 Last Day of Classes

May 3 Final exam (10:00am-12:00 noon)

Topics:

1. Introduction to Statistics

2. Descriptive Statistics

3. Elements of Probability

4. Random Variables and Expectation

5. Special Random Variables (Middle Exam)

6. Distributions of Sampling Statistics

7. Parameter Estimation

8. Hypothesis Testing

9. Regression (Final Exam)

The instructor reserves the right to make any changes deemed academically necessary