Carleton University · STAT 3502

Probability and Statistics

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Axioms of probability; conditional probability and independence; random variables; distributions: binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, normal, gamma; central limit theorem; sampling distributions; point estimation: maximum likelihood, method of moments; confidence intervals; testing of hypotheses: one and two populations; engineering applications: acceptance sampling, control charts, reliability.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 2004 and enrolment in the Faculty of Engineering or B.Sc. programs of the Department of Physics [except Double Honours Mathematics and Physics].

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for BIT 2000 , BIT 2009 , BIT 2100 (no longer offered), BIT 2300 (no longer offered), DATA 1517 , ECON 2201 (no longer offered), ECON 2210 , STAT 2507 , STAT 2605 , STAT 2601 , and STAT 2606.
  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 2004 and enrolment in the Faculty of Engineering or B.Sc. programs of the Department of Physics [except Double Honours Mathematics and Physics].
  • Lectures three hours a week and one hour laboratory.
Reference text in its original language

Axioms of probability; conditional probability and independence; random variables; distributions: binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, normal, gamma; central limit theorem; sampling distributions; point estimation: maximum likelihood, method of moments; confidence intervals; testing of hypotheses: one and two populations; engineering applications: acceptance sampling, control charts, reliability.

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 2004 and enrolment in the Faculty of Engineering or B.Sc. programs of the Department of Physics [except Double Honours Mathematics and Physics].
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for BIT 2000 , BIT 2009 , BIT 2100 (no longer offered), BIT 2300 (no longer offered), DATA 1517 , ECON 2201 (no longer offered), ECON 2210 , STAT 2507 , STAT 2605 , STAT 2601 , and STAT 2606.
  • Lectures three hours a week and one hour laboratory.

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