ISE 315: Engineering Statistics

Instructor: Mansur Maturidi Arief

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Computing and Mathematics, KFUPM

Course Description

This course covers statistical methods for engineering applications. Topics include: estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, comparing two populations, regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and design of experiments (DOE). Students will develop skills in applying statistical techniques to real-world engineering problems using appropriate software tools.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Calculate point and interval estimates for means, variances, and proportions using real engineering data.
  2. Conduct hypothesis tests (one-sample and two-sample) for means, variances, and proportions, and interpret the results.
  3. Construct and assess simple and multiple linear regression models to describe relationships between variables.
  4. Plan, conduct, and analyze engineering experiments involving one-way and factorial ANOVA, interpreting main effects and interactions.
  5. Utilize statistical software (such as Minitab, Excel, or R) to perform data analysis, create visualizations, and interpret statistical outcomes relevant to engineering practice.

Prerequisites

Textbook

Required:

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Lectures

Office Hours

Grading

Component Weight Cumulative
Attendance 4% 4%
Homework 10% 14%
Quizzes 10% 24%
First Exam 25% 49%
Second Exam 25% 74%
Final Exam 26% 100%

Tentative Schedule

The course covers the following chapters from the textbook:

Week Topics Materials HW/Quiz
1 Course Introduction & Overview Slides, Reading -
2 Point Estimation (Ch.7 intro) Slides, Reading HW1
3 Properties of Estimators, Sampling Distributions Slides HW2
4 Central Limit Theorem, Interval Estimation Slides HW3
5 Confidence Intervals (means, variances, proportions) Slides HW4
6 Hypothesis Testing basics (Ch.9) Slides -
7 Z and t tests for means Slides HW5
8 Proportion Tests, Review Slides -
9 Midterm Exam -
10 Two Sample Inference (means, proportions, variances) Slides HW6
11 Simple Linear Regression Slides HW7
12 Multiple Linear Regression Slides -
13 ANOVA: Single-Factor Experiments Slides HW8
14 Factorial Design of Experiments Slides HW9
15 Review Slides -
16 Final Exam -

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