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Valid for year : 2003
 
TAMM43 Statistical Analysis, 4,5 ECTS credits.
/Statistisk analys/

For:   IMM  

  Area of Education: Science/Technology

Subject area: Mathematics

  Advancement level (A-D): D

Aim:
The aim of the course is to give students the necessary background for statistical analysis of industrial experiments. The main emphasis is on application of statistical theory on real data, on selection of models and the ability to interpret results and draw conclusions.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
A first course in probability and a first course in statistics.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures: 22 hrs; Seminars: 10 hrs. Obligatory laboratories: 8 hrs.

Course contents:
Probability models and random variables. Simulation of random data. Point estimation, probability plots, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Chi-square tests. Simple linear regression and correlation, multiple linear regression. F-tests, prediction intervals, stepwise regression, residual analysis. Transformation of data. Data analysis by means of Minitab.

Course literature:
Montgomery & Runger: Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, John Wiley, 1999.

Examination:
One written examination
3 p
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: MAI.
Director of Studies: Eva Enqvist
Examiner: John Noble

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Last updated: 05/20/2003