Discipline: Department of Mechanical Engineering

Subject: Engineering Statistics

Semester: 4th
Session: 2015
Credit Hours: 3 hours
Teacher:- MUHAMMAD NAEEM SANDHU
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Email: naeemuetlahore@gmail.com
Contact: 0322-4577602
Engineering Methods
(i) Develop a clear and concise description of the problem
(ii) Identify the important factors that affect this problem..
(iii) Propose a model for the problem
(iv) Conduct appropriate experiments to collect data to test.
(v) Refine the model on the basis of observed data
(vi) Draw conclusions or make recommendations based on the problem solution.
Notice that the engineering method features a strong interplay between the problems and the factors that
may influence its solution. Engineers must know how to efficiently plan experiments, collect data, analyze and
interpret the data.
Course Outline
Introduction and role of statistics in engineering, population and samples, variables, methods of displaying data sets,
stem and leaf display, histogram, histogram shapes, box plot, bar chart, pareto diagrams, dot diagram, frequency
distribution and their graph, outlier, mean, median, mode, quartiles, deciles, percentiles, range, deviation from mean,
sample variance, sample standard deviation, coefficient of variation, probability concept and definitions, basic
theorems of probability, law of total probability, Baye’s theorem, Probability distributions, mean and median of
discrete and continuous distributions, variance and standard deviation for discrete and continuous distributions,
expected value of discrete and continuous random variables, Binomial, Poisson, normal distributions, t-distribution,
chi-square distribution, F- distribution, estimation of parameters, least square linear and polynomial regression,
linearization of nonlinear models, nonlinear regression, correlation, design of experiments
Recommended Books
“Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers” 3rd Edition, Douglas Montgomery and George Runger, John
and Viley and Sons.
Reference Books
(i) Mendendhall, Beever, “Introduction to Probability and Statistics” 14th Ed.CENGAGE.
(ii) Allan G. Bluman, “Elementary Statistics” 7th Edition, McGraw Hill.
(iii) Erwin Kreyszig. “Advanced engineering Mathematics” 7th Ed. John and Viley and Sons.
(iv) R. E. Walpole, “Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists” 8th Ed. Pearson 2007
(v) Richard I. Levin and David S. Rubin, “Statistics for Management”, 7th Ed. Prentice Hall.
Class Learning Objectives (CLO’s)
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply fundamental concepts in exploratory data analysis and
relationship between two or more data sets, their strength of relation and their variation
over time.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of probability and probabilistic
models for decision making about population using sample data.