Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Probability and Statistics Course Outline - University of Sargodha

To introduce the concepts of data analysis, presentation, counting techniques, probability and
decision making.
Statistics and Data Analysis.Collection of Data.Measures of Location.Measures of
Variability.Discrete and Continuous Data.Statistical Modeling. Scientific Inspection, and
Graphical, General Types of Statistical Studies. Probability.Random Variables and Probability
Distributions.Mathematical Expectation.Discrete Probability Distributions.Continuous
Probability Distributions.Fundamental Sampling Distributions and Data Descriptions.One- and
Two-Sample Estimation Problems.Single Sample Estimating.One- and Two-Sample Tests of
Hypotheses. Sample Tests. Simple Linear Regression and Correlation.Multiple Linear
Regression and Certain.
1. Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis: Statistical Inference, Samples, Populations,

and the Role of Probability, Sampling Procedures; Collection of Data, Measures of
Location: The Sample Mean and Median, Measures of Variability, Discrete and
Continuous Data, Statistical Modeling, Scientific Inspection, and Graphical, General
Types of Statistical Studies: Designed Experiment, Observational Study, and
Retrospective Study. [TB: Ch. 1]
2.      Probability: Sample Space, Events, Counting Sample Points, Probability of an Event,
Additive Rules, Conditional Probability, Independence, and the Product Rule, Bayes'
Rule. [TB: Ch. 2]
3.      Random Variables and Probability Distributions: Concept of a Random Variable,
Discrete Probability Distributions, Continuous Probability Distributions, Joint Probability
Distributions. [TB: Ch. 3]
4.      Mathematical Expectation: Mean of a Random Variable, Variance and Covariance of
Random Variables, Means and Variances of Linear Combinations of Random Variables,
Chebyshev's Theorem. [TB: Ch. 4]
5.      Discrete Probability Distributions: Binomial and Multinomial Distributions,
Hypergeometric Distribution, Negative Binomial and Geometric Distributions, Poisson
Distribution and the Poisson Process. [TB: Ch. 5]
6.      Continuous Probability Distributions: Continuous Uniform Distribution, Normal
Distribution, Areas under the Normal Curve, Applications of the Normal Distribution,
Normal Approximation to the Binomial, Gamma and Exponential Distributions, Chi-
Squared Distribution, Beta Distribution. [TB: Ch. 6]
7.      Fundamental Sampling Distributions and Data Descriptions: Random Sampling,
Sampling Distributions, Sampling Distribution of Means and the Central Limit Theorem.
Sampling Distribution of S2, t-Distribution, F-Quantile and Probability Plots. [TB: Ch. 8]
8.      One- and Two-Sample Estimation Problems: Introduction, Statistical Inference, Classical
Methods of Single Sample: Estimating the Mean, Standard Error of a Point, Prediction
Intervals, Tolerance Limits, Estimating the Difference between Two Means. [TB: Ch. 9]
9.      Single Sample: Estimating a Proportion, Estimating the Difference between Two
Proportions, Single Sample: Estimating the Variance, Estimating the Ratio of Two
Variances. [TB: Ch. 9]
10.  One- and Two-Sample Tests of Hypotheses: Statistical Hypotheses: General Concepts,
Testing a Statistical Hypothesis, The Use of P-Values for Decision Making in Testing
Hypotheses. [TB: Ch. 10]
11.  Single Sample: Tests Concerning a Single Mean, Two Samples: Tests on Two Means,
Choice of Sample Size for Testing Means, Graphical Methods for Comparing Means,
One Sample: Test on a Single Proportion, Two Samples: Tests on Two Proportions. [TB:
Ch. 10]
12.  One- and Two-Sample Tests Concerning Variances, Goodness-of-Fit Test, Test for
Independence (Categorical Data), Test for Homogeneity [TB: Ch. 10]
13.  Simple Linear Regression and Correlation: Introduction to Linear Regression, The
Simple Linear Regression Model, Least Squares and the Fitted Model, Properties of the
Least Squares Estimators. [TB: Ch. 11]
14. Multiple Linear Regression and Certain: Nonlinear Regression Models, Introduction,
Estimating the Coefficients, Linear Regression Model Using Matrices, Properties of the
Least Squares Estimators. [TB: Ch. 12]

          Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by Ronald E. Walpole, Raymond
H. Myers, Sharon L. Myers and Keying E. Ye, Pearson; 9th Edition (January 6, 2011).
ISBN-10: 0321629116
          Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by Anthony J. Hayter, Duxbury
Press; 3rd Edition (February 3, 2006), ISBN-10: 0495107573
          Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics, by John Schiller, R. AluSrinivasan and
Murray Spiegel, McGraw-Hill; 3rd Edition (2008). ISBN-10: 0071544259

          Probability: A Very Short Introduction by John Haigh, Oxford University Press (2012).
ISBN-10: 0199588481

Note: This content is obtained from official documents of University of Sargodha and applied on BS Computer Science for Main Campus, Sub Campuses, and Affiliated Colleges.

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