COMSATS University Islamabad

Lahore Capmus
Department of Statistics

COURSE HANDBOOK

1 Course Title Statistics and Probability Theory

2 Course Code MTH 262
3 Credit Hours 3(3,0)
4 Semester Fall 2023
5 Resource Person Dr. Tajammal Hussain
6 Contact 0320 4635341/ tajammal@cuilahore.edu.pk
7 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours per week
8 Contact Hours (Lab) Not Applicable
9 Office Hours Will be informed later
10 Course Introduction

A student completing this class is expected to develop not only the logical reasoning but
also the technical skills to apply the probability tools and techniques in real world
scenarios.

11 Learning Objectives
a. Know how to work with data: collection, summarization, presentation etc.
b. Know how to describe distributions using graphs and numerical descriptors.
c. Demonstrate an understanding of basic principles of probability, and sample
spaces.
d. Demonstrate understanding of conditional probability, independence and Bayes
rule.
e. Know the basic discrete distributions (Binomial, Geometric, Negative Binomial
and Poisson) and how to work with them.
f. Know the basic continuous distributions (Uniform, Normal, Student t, Gamma and
Beta) and know how to work with them
g. Understand how to apply fundamental concepts such as the cumulative distribution
function, expectations, and distributions for functions of random variables.
h. Know how to apply the Central Limit Theorem.
i. Be able perform hypothesis tests in the context of a single population sample.
j. Know how to perform regression and correlation analyses.

12 Course Contents
Introduces the essentials of probability theory and elementary statistics. Lectures and
assignments greatly stress the manifold applications of probability and statistics to
computer science. Contents include: descriptive statistics, graphical, pictorial and tabular
methods, and measures of location and of variability; sample space and events, probability

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axioms, and counting techniques; conditional probability and independence, law of total
probability, and Bayes' theorem; discrete random variables, distribution functions and
moments; bivariate probability distributions, marginal probability and conditional
probability distributions; uniform binomial, negative binomial, multinomial, geometric
hyper-geometric, multi-hyper-geometric and Poisson probability distributions; continuous
random variables, densities and moments, uniform, uniform, normal, gamma, and
exponential probability distributions; hypothesis testing and p-values, and applications for
the mean: Simple and multiple linear Regression and correlation analysis.
13 Lecture/Lab Schedule
Weeks Topic of Lecture Reading
Assignment
Week 1 • Introduction to statistics and statistical methods, Introductory
Deterministic and Probabilistic models, and Statistics
statistical thinking. Types of Statistics. (chapter 1)
• Data Type: quantitative (discrete and continuous) and
qualitative, population and sample, census and survey
sampling, bias and sampling error.
• Random experiments and random variables.
• Grouped and ungrouped data.
Week 2 • Data presentation: frequency distributions, tabulation, Introductory
and graphical presentations. Statistics
• Measure of central tendency: arithmetic, (chapter 2)
geometric, and harmonic means for both grouped
and un-grouped data
Week 3 • Measure of central tendency: median and mode Introductory
for both grouped and un-grouped data. Quintiles: Statistics
quartiles, deciles, and percentiles etc. (chapter 3)
• Measure of dispersion: Range, quartile
deviations, variance and standard deviation.
Week 4 • Introduction to decision making under Probability and
uncertainty Statistics for
• Sample space, events , probability and rules of Engineers and
Probability Scientists (Ch.2)

Week 5 • Combinations and permutations, independence of Probability and

events. Statistics for
Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.2)
Week 6 • Conditional Probability Probability and
• Law of total probability, Baye’s Theorem and Statistics for
their applications. Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.2)
Week 7 • Random variables, types of random variable, and Probability and
their distributions Statistics for
• Discrete Bivariate, marginal and conditional Engineers and
probability distributions Scientists (Ch.3,4)
• Expectation of Random Variables
Week 8 • Continuous Bivariate, marginal and conditional Probability and
probability distributions Statistics for

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 • Expectation of Random Variables Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.3,4)
Week 9 • Uniform and Binomial Probability distributions Probability and
• Multinomial and Poisson Probability distribution Statistics for
and its properties Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.5)
Week 10 • Geometric and Negative Binomial probability Probability and
distributions Statistics for
Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.5)
Week 11 • Hyper-geometric and multi- hyper geometric Probability and
distributions Statistics for
Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.5)
Week 12 • Uniform Continuous and Normal distributions Probability and
• Normal approximation to the Binomial Statistics for
probability distribution Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.6)
Week 13 • Exponential distribution and its applications Probability and
• Gamma distribution and applications Statistics for
Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.6)
Week 14- • Testing of hypothesis for population mean: one Probability and
15 sample and two samples Statistics for
• Testing of hypothesis for population proportion: Engineers and
one sample and two samples Scientists
(Ch. 9& 10)
Week 15- • Simple and multiple linear regression Probability and
16 Statistics for
• Correlation analysis Engineers and
Scientists (Ch.11)
14. Format of Assignment
Will be informed in the class.
15. Text Book 1. Probability & Statistics for Engineers &
Scientists by Ronald E. Walpole, Raymond H.
Myers, Sharon L. Myers , and Keying Ye, 9th
Edition
2. Introductory Statistics by Prem S. Maan. 7th
Edition.
16. Reference Books 3. Probability and statistics for computer scientists
by Michael Baron.
4. Probability and statistics for computer science by
James L. Johnson

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