MTHN203 - Probability and Statistics

Semester: 
Spring

Course Coordinator

:   Professor  Ikram Fathy Abdel Gawad

Course instructors

:     Professor Maha Amin Hassanein

     

Recommended Semester or Course Sequence

:  Fall or Spring Semester

 

Description

:

Probability theory, Probability axioms and laws, Conditional probability, Random variables, Expectations of random variables, Distributions (continuous and discrete),Joint distributions (continuous and discrete),  Correlation, Statistical measures, Statistical analysis,

Course Objectives

                  0. To recognize the basics of probability theory, namely axioms and laws.

                  1. To be able to deal with randomness phenomena, namely random variables, 

                       expectations of random variable and its discrete and continuous

                       distributions.

                  2.  To analyze models with more than one random variable.

                  3.  To have the ability to present and analyze data.

      4.  To be able to make decision based on sampling and statistical inference.

  Text book and other materials

   : Richard Arnold JohnsonIrwin MillerJohn E. Freund, Miller & Freund's probability and statistics for engineers, 8-th edition, Prentice Hall, 2011. 

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