ENGPHYS 2W03 - Applied Statistics for Engineering

3 unit(s)

Estimation of true value; Probability density function, binomial, multinomial, Poisson, Student’s t, log-normal, Cauchy, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein (geometric distribution), Fermi-Dirac; Bayes Theorem; Statistics – sample mean, sample variance; Central Limit Theorem; Confidence interval; Error propagation equation; Linear least squares fits to polynomials, Chi-squares; Non-linear least squares fit.
Three lectures, one tutorial (two hours each); first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in level II of the Engineering Physics program.
Antirequisite(s): COMMERCE 2QA3, IBEHS 4C03