Course Overview

To introduce the principles of probability and statistics, and their applications in the engineering field

Learning Achievement

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

(1)Compute and interpret descriptive statistics

(2)Understand the basic concepts of probability, random variables, probability distribution, and joint probability
distribution

(3)Compute point estimation of parameters and determine sampling distributions

(4)Construct confidence intervals

(5)Perform simple linear regression

Competence

Course prerequisites

*Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

On-Lei(Annie) Kwok

Other information

Department of Civil Engineering

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