Statistics

• ST 361: Introduction to Statistics for Engineers
• STAT 251: Basic Statistics

ST 361: Introduction to Statistics for Engineers

Self-paced Correspondence

ST 361 introduces statistical techniques useful to engineers and physical scientists. It includes elementary probability, frequency distributions, sampling variation, estimation of means and standard deviations, basic design of experiments, confidence intervals, significance tests, and elementary least squares curve fitting. This course uses calculus.

• Instructor: Jeffrey Thompson, PhD
• Credit-granting Institution: NC State University
• Credit Hours: 3. Credit is not allowed for both ST 361 and 370 or 380.
• Submitted Assignments: 11
• Prerequisite: College algebra
• View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

• Hogg and Ledolter, Applied Statistics for Engineers and Physical Scientists, 2nd edition (1992)

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

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STAT 251: Basic Statistics

Self-paced Correspondence

This introductory statistics course includes collecting, presenting, and displaying data; statistical description, including measures of central tendency and variation; statistical inference, including estimating population values, testing hypotheses, regression, correlation, and analysis; design of experiments; and probability and probability distributions.

• Instructor: Vinod Manglik, PhD
• Credit-granting Institution: Elizabeth City State University
• Credit Hours: 3
• Submitted Assignments: 13
• View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

• Bluman, Elementary Statistics, A Step By Step Approach, 7th edition (2009), ISBN 978-0077302351
  The textbook should contain a formula sheet.

Optional Text

• Student's Solutions Manual to accompany Elementary Statistics, 7th edition (2009), ISBN 978-0073331287

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