TMA4255 Applied Statistics, spring 2012
Tentative reading list
Walpole, Myers, Myers and Ye: "Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists". Ninth, eight or seventh Edition. Pearson International Edition.
| Topic | Chapter (9th edition) | Chapter (8th edition) | Chapter (7th edition) |
| E and Var for nonlinear functions | 4.3: pages 133-135 | 4.3: pages 129-131 | not in book |
| Sampling distributions and data description | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Two-sample estimation problems | 9.8, 9.13 | 9.8, 9.13 | 9.8, 9.13 |
| Tests of hypotheses | 10.5, 10.10, 10.11-10.13 | 10.8, 10.13, 10.14-10.16 | 10.8, 10.13, 10.14-10.16 |
| Simple linear regression | 11, except 11.9 | 11, except 11.9 | 11, except 11.9 |
| Multiple linear regression | 12.1-12.7, 12.10-12.11 | 12.1-12.7, 12.10-12.11 | 12.1-12.7,12.10-12.11 |
| Analysis of variance | 13.1-13.4, 13.6-13.11,14.1-14.3 | 13.1-13.4, 13.6, 13.8-13.10, 14.1-14.3 | 13.1-13.4, 13.6, 13.8-13.10, 14.1-14.4 |
| Design of experiments* | 15.1-15.9 | 15.1-15.11 | 15.1-15.12 |
| Nonparametric statistics | 16.1-16.3 | 16.1-16.3 | 16.1-16.4 |
| Statistical quality control | 17.1-17.5 | 17.1-17.5 | 17.1-17.5 |
*= alternatively should the note "Factorial Experiments at Two Levels" and chapter 12.1-12.6 of Box, Hunter and Hunter (1978, 2005): "Statistics for Experimenters". Wiley, be used.