STAT 271

This course is an introduction to statistical reasoning for engineers. Students gain a working knowledge of statistical reasoning, the probability and statistical theory underlying many common statistical techniques, and the application of these statistical techniques to real engineering problems. Students learn to critically assess the strength and validity of a statistical argument for many common engineering problems. Topics covered include basic probability, common statistical distributions used in engineering, fitting basic statistical models and assessing the fit of these models, and statistical inference including classical parametric and Monte Carlo techniques.