Course Code: Course Title: Applied Statistics TPC 1 2 2

MAT1011

Version No. 2.0

Course Pre- None
requisites/ Co-
requisites

Anti-requisites MAT1011
(if any).
Objectives: 1. To provide the mathematical support by way of probabilistic models and statistical
methodology to tackle problems encountered in Science and Engineering applications
Expected At the end of this course the students will be able to
Outcome:
1. Understand basic notions of probability arising in a variety of uncertain situations
which are nontraditional in areas of science and engineering.
2. Knowing the basic tools of statistical methods Emphasize the study of data analysis
leading to probabilistic models
3. participate in online data science challenges

Module No. 1 Random variables 4 Hours

Random variables – Probability mass functions, probability density functions and distribution functions-
moment generating function– Binomial, Poisson, Normal distributions
Module No. 2 Correlation, Regression and Estimation 3 Hours
Simple linear regression and correlation, Estimation

Module No. 3 Testing hypothesis - I 4 Hours

Procedure of testing of hypothesis - Large sample tests: z-test

Module No. 4 Testing hypothesis - II 4 Hours

Small sample tests - Student’s t-test - F-test- Chi-square test- independence of attributes and goodness of fit

Text Book
1. R.E. Walpole, R.H. Mayers, S.L. Mayers and K.Ye, Probability and Statistics for engineers and
scientists, 9th Edition, Pearson Education, 2018.
1.
References
1. Gerald Keller, Managerial Statistics, 9th Edition, SWCL, 2018.
2. Alan Kvanli, Robert Pavur, Kellie Keeling, Concise Managerial Statistics, Thomas Learning, 2006.
3. Miller & Freund’s, Probability and statistics for engineers, 8th edition, Pearson publication, 2018.
4. Jared P. Lander R for everyone: Advanced analytics and Graphics, Addison-Wesley Professional Pearson
2013.
5. Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability, 9th Edition, 2013, Pearson.
6. Richard M. Heiberger, Burt Holland, Statistical Analysis and Data Display, second edition, Springer,
2015.
7. Paul L. Meyer, Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1970.
8. W. John Braun, Duncan J. Murdoch, a first course in statistical programming with R, 2nd edition,
Cambridge University press, (2016).
9. Norman Matloff, The art of R programming, no starch press, 2011.
10. Levin and Rubin, Statistics for Management, Pearson Education India, 2011
11. John.E. Freunds, ―Mathematical statistics with applications‖, Pierson Education India, 2011
12. Gupta and Kapoor, Fundamentals of Applied Statistics, Sultan Chand, 2006.
 13. Richard I. Levin, David S. Rubin, Masood H. Siddiqui, Sanjay Rastogi, Statistics for Management,
Eightth Edition, Pearson Publications,2018

Laboratory exercises (Preferably Using R)

Understanding of the concepts through LAB

1. Basics of specific software.
2. Getting Data, built-in data. reading data from structured files.
3. Writing functions, Control statements, Loops.
4. Probability distributions – Binomial distribution, Poisson Distribution.
5. Probability distributions – Normal distribution.
6. Basic statistics – correlation and covariance, t- test.
7. Linear models – Simple linear regression, Multiple regression.
8. Test whether the specific observations are coming from a normal distribution for a given data file.
9. a) Suppose a person wants to see whether the price of the apartment is 60 lakhs on an average. How does
he/she check it for a given data file.
b) Whether the price is heavily dependent on the area of the apartment.
c) Whether most of the apartments have central heating system.
10. Life time of light bulb, Food label on a cookie bag, Proportion of voters in election by Testing of
hypothesis.
11. Recovery time of the patient taking new drug by using t-test.
12. Mileage performance of cars, Effectiveness of ammonium chloride on grain yield of paddy using paired
t-test.
13. Student food habit against exercise level using goodness of fit.

Mode of Evaluation Continuous Assessment (Quizzes, CATs, Assignments etc.).

CAT-1 Weightage (in %) 15
CAT-2 Weightage (in %) 15
FAT Weightage (in %) 15
LAB Continuous Weightage (in %) 35
Evaluation and LAB
Report
Assignment /Project Weightage (in %) 20
Total 100

Recommended by the Board of 17th Nov 2018

Studies on
Date of Approval by the Academic -------------------------
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