MAT3901

Statistics and integral transforms for engineering

(ENG)

Coordinator: Associate Professor Paul Cally

4 points + Three 1-hour lectures per week and one 1-hour support/practice class per week + First semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: ENG2901 and ENG2902

Synopsis: Statistics: probability theory, random variables, probability distributions and density functions, expectation, joint distributions, sampling distributions, statistical inference, parameter estimates, confidence limits, hypothesis testing, quality control, linear regression and correlation. Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms, Sturm-Liouville theory, eigenfunctions.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 80% + Test and assignments: 20%