Statistics (STAT)
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
STAT 3502 [0.5 credit]
Probability and Statistics
Axioms of probability; conditional probability and independence; random variables; distributions: binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, normal, gamma; central limit theorem; sampling distributions; point estimation: maximum likelihood, and method of moments; confidence intervals; testing of hypotheses: one and two populations; engineering applications: acceptance sampling, control charts, reliability.
Restricted to students in the Faculty of Engineering, or in B.Sc.(Honours) in Applied Physics.
This course may not be used to meet the 3000-level course requirements in any General or Honours program in Mathematics and Statistics.
Precludes additional credit for
STAT 2507,
STAT 2605,
STAT 2606,
ECON 2200,
ECON 2201.
Prerequisite:
MATH 2004, or
MATH 2001.
Lectures three hours a week and one hour laboratory.
