STATISTICS 211 - Engineering Statistics – Fall 2023 – MWF 10:20 or 11:30am - Room: HECC 203

Instructor: Dr. Scott Crawford Email: scottcrawford@tamu.edu

Office Hours: Click here for TA and instructor office hours and class times
Optional Text: Probability and Statistics with R for Engineers and Scientists by Michael Akritas (not required)
Calculator: Any calculator fit for engineering. Test questions attempt to avoid advantages for fancier calculators.
Objectives: To learn basic statistical tools and to prepare for research, analysis of data, and the FE exam. Emphasis will
be on the application and interpretation of the results rather than on the derivation of statistical techniques.
Pre-requisites: Elementary knowledge of integral calculus

Videos to help you get going:

Webassign Purchase: This semester we are testing the “First Day Inclusive Access Textbook Savings Program”. The required
WebAssign price is lower and will be billed to your student account. You may opt out of this program (for example if you are
using “Cengage Unlimited”) *If you have issues let me know or call Cengage customer support at (800) 354-9706.

Go to CANVAS and you should see the link to go to Webassign in there.

When you reach the home page there are four sections that should be of interest:
My Assignments, Announcements, Communication, and Grade

My assignments: This shows the homework assignments. They are due every week on Wednesday at 11:59 pm. If you are
late you may extend the homework deadline by 1 day for a 10% penalty of the points you earn from then on. The penalty only
applies to points earned after the extension request. (This is done automatically within Webassign and does not require emailing
the instructor). You may have three extensions per assignment for up to one week after the deadline. An extension without the
penalty requires a University Excuse can cover more than half the week that the assignment was due. It is considered your
responsibility to begin the homework early enough to manage computer problems, power outages, or content problems.
Each question can be submitted 5 times. That means there is no excuse for not being able to get the correct answers – if you
have missed a question 3 times you should find help. There are TA’s, discussion boards, and office hours as well as
working with other students. The homeworks are posted weekly, so you cannot do the homework early. This keeps everyone
working on the same assignment at the same time just as it would be in a classroom setting. The first assignment is due in the
first week and it is your responsibility to make sure we can find solutions to any problems before the assignment is due.

We have found that students who work together tend to do better. Do not just guess. The answer to question 1 on the
homework (you know it’s only there to force you read this syllabus) is “teach”. That’s because teaching this material to other
students is a fantastic way to learn it. Believe it or not you can actually teach yourself by explaining stuff you only partly
understand to someone else.

Announcements: Videos and notes will be posted in announcements, as well as information on the tests. Any changes to the
class structure or deadlines will be announced here as well as in an email. It is expected that you will read the announcements
and keep track of the deadlines.

Communication: You must post to the discussion board every week. The discussion board on Webassign is a great place to
ask questions and give answers to other students. This is a great venue for teaching other students what you have figured out.
This is an important support for those isolated in quarantine. We drop two posting scores so you can forget twice.
It is recommended that you post questions about homework problems, concepts you don’t understand, or frustrations with the
class. If you need to post and cannot think of what to say, then post in the folder of “funny or random thoughts”. Even posting
something useless demonstrates that you knew the resource was available. There is no requirement for the quality of the post.

Grade: At the beginning it will say your grade is 0, but as assignments are completed it will show your grade.

Grading:
Participation 10% A: 90-100
Homework 20% B: 80-89
Exam 1 20% C: 70-79
Exam 2 25% D: 60-69
Final Exam 25% F: Below 60

Participation refers to posting on the discussion board (see the section labelled communication)

Exams: The tests are in Webassign and proctored in class. You are not allowed use any online resources besides Webassign
and the class distributions applet during the exam. The tests are cumulative, timed, and closed book, but you will be allowed a
study sheet for the exams (two sheets on the final). See the last page for a calendar of when the exams are held.

There is no extra credit or extra projects in the class. I encourage students to complete the teacher evaluation – then I will
round grades up 1%. I do not round anything beyond that. No matter where I draw the line someone will be just below it.

Incompletes: A grade of “incomplete” is only an option for students who have completed more than 2/3 of the class (after the
second exam) and have faced unexpected, uncontrollable, and debilitating personal circumstances. An incomplete can help a
student complete the class later to manage a sudden disability.
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Course Outline
Week 1 Syllabus Week 9 Testing with sigma unknown
Introduction to Webassign t-tables
Aug 21 Access the homework Oct 12 matched pairs,
Aug 23 Oct 18
HOMEWORK 1 due HOMEWORK 8 due

Week 2 Stat/param, cat/num mean/median, boxplots Std Week 10 Test 2

dev, notation, mean vs median October 25
Aug 24 Oct 25 1 page of study notes
Aug 30 HOMEWORK 2 due 50 minutes

Week 3 Probs A and B, A or B, A | B Week 11 Testing two means,

Bayes theorem Independent must add variances
Aug 31 PDF CDF Oct 26 Pooled t-tests
Sep 6 E(X) E(X^2) Nov 1
HOMEWORK 9 due
HOMEWORK 3 due
Week 4 Normal, density curves, z-table Week 12 Test for one proportion, CI for p CI for two
P(x>3), P(x>=3), highest 5%, proportions
Sep 7 z-bridge, Middle 95%, Nov 2 Pooling proportions, Ho for p1=p2
Sep 13 further than 5 from mean Nov 8
HOMEWORK 10 due
HOMEWORK 4 due
Week 5 Week 13 R, R2, When R=0
Test 1 Y=bo+b1x, prediction,
Sep 20 September 20 Nov 9 Test H0:B1=0, reading output Residuals
1 page of study notes Nov 15 5 assumptions
50 minutes
HOMEWORK 11 due
Week 6 Distribution of xbar Week 14
P(xbar>3), p(x>3), Thanksgiving Break!
Sep 21 highest 5% of xbars Nov 16 No assignments due
Sep 27 Nov 22 Homework 12 will be available
HOMEWORK 5 due

Week 7 Ho, Ha, 7 steps of a hypothesis, Week 15 ANOVA one-way test of multiple means
p-value, Alpha, beta, power, confidence, ANOVA for regression
Sep 28 Hypothesis tests, Nov 23
Oct 4 Making Conclusions Nov 29 HOMEWORK 12 due

HOMEWORK 6 due
Week 8 Confidence Intervals Finals Week Final Exam
Proper statements on confidence Stat 509: Dec 11th, 8:00am
Oct 5 Dec 11 Stat 510: Dec 12th, 10:30am
Oct 11 HOMEWORK 7 due Dec 12 2 pages of study notes
120 minutes