2022 Spring – Term 4 Civil majors
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[Gapped Lecture Notes]
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| Chapter in Notes |
Chapter in Navidi |
Chapter in Devore |
Topic |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Descriptive Statistics |
| 2 - 7 | 2 | 2, 3, 6 | Probability |
| 8 | 3 | --- | Propagation of Error |
| 9, 10 | 4 | 3 - 5 | Commonly Used Distributions |
| 11, 12 | 5 | 7, 9 | Confidence Intervals |
| 13, 14 | 6 | 8, 9, 14 | Hypothesis Testing |
| 15 | 7 | 12 | Simple Linear Regression |
Note that the following topics are not covered in one or
both suggested reference textbooks:
[Note: this schedule is subject to change as the term progresses.]
| Week | Week | [Part 1 of 2] |
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| # | Lecture chapter |
topics |
| 1 | May 09-13 |
[Complete Problem Set 1 by Mon. May 16] |
| --- | Course Overview | |
| 1 | Descriptive Statistics | |
| Tutorial | Introduction to Minitab; Minitab Session 1 (Descriptive statistics) | |
| 2 | May 17-21 |
[Submit Assignment #1 by Mon. May 23 at 13:00] [Complete Problem Set 2 by Fri. May 20 and Problem Set 3 by Mon. May 23] |
| 2 | Introduction to Probability | |
| 3 | Counting techniques | |
| Tutorial | Problem Sets 1 & 2 | |
| 3 | May 23-27 |
[Complete Problem Set 4 by Mon. May 30] |
| 4 | Laws of Probability; Bayes’ Theorem | |
| Tutorial | Minitab Session 2 (Probability simulation using macros) | |
| 4 | May 30- June 03 |
[Complete
Problem Set 5
by Mon. June 06; Prepare for Term Test 1] |
| 5 | Expected Value and Variance | |
| 6 | Continuous Probability Distributions | |
| Tutorial | counting techniques, decision tree example | |
| 5 | June 06-10 |
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| 7 | Joint Probability Distributions | |
| Tutorial | review for Term Test 1 | |
| --- | *** [TERM TEST 1] *** (on or near June 09 Thursday) | |
| 8 | Propagation of Error | |
| 6 | June 14-18 |
[Complete Problem Set 6 by Fri. June 17] |
| 9 | Discrete Probability Distributions | |
| Tutorial | Decision tree example from problem sets 2, 4 & 6 |
| Week | Week | [Part 2 of 2] |
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topics |
| 7 | June 23-24 |
Mid Semester Break June 20-22 |
| Tutorial | Problem Sets (up to #7) | |
| 8 | June 27- July 01 |
[Holiday July 01 Friday] [Review topics for Test 2] Complete Problem Set 7 by Mon. July 04] |
| 10 | Continuous Probability Distributions | |
| Tutorial | Review for Term Test 2 | |
| 9 | July 04-08 |
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| 11 | One-sample Confidence Intervals | |
| Tutorial | Review for Term Test 2 | |
| --- | *** [TERM TEST 2] *** (on or near July 07 Thursday) | |
| Tutorial | Minitab Session 3 (Probability plots, confidence intervals) | |
| 10 | July 11-15 |
[Submit
Assignment #2 by
Mon. July 18 at 13:00] [Complete Problem Set 8 by Mon. July 18] |
| 12 | Two-sample Confidence Intervals | |
| Tutorial | Review of Term Test 2, Problem Set 8 | |
| 11 | July 18-22 |
[Complete Problem Set 9 by Mon. July 25] |
| 13 | Hypothesis Tests | |
| 14 | Chi-Square Tests (if time permits) | |
| Tutorial | Additional hypothesis test example, Problem Sets 9 & 10 | |
| 12 | July 25-29 |
[Complete Problem Set 10 by Fri. July 29] |
| 15 | Simple Linear Regression and Correlation | |
| Tutorial | Minitab Session 4 (Two sample tests & regression) | |
| 13 | Aug. 01-02 |
[Complete past final examinations by Tue. Aug. 02] |
| --- | [Review] Last class on Tue. Aug. 02 (to allow for study break) | |
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| T.B.A. | *** [Final Examination] *** (date to be announced) |
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