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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS END210 Third Term (Fall) 3 + 1 6

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY2
SEMESTERThird Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Assistant Professor Merve Uzuner
Assistant Professor Asiye Özge Dengiz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Can understand the importance of probability in Industrial Engineering
2) Have the ability to interpret and apply the numerical and graphical methods which are used in summarizing the statistical data sets
3) Have the ability of problem solving by learning the definition and rules of probability
4) Learn and apply the concepts of random variables and their probability and distribution functions
5) Have the ability to choose and apply the suitable probability distribution for a problem and to be able to interrelate with the real life problems, as well.
6) Have the ability to determine the probability distributions for the functions of random variables and to be able to interrelate with sampling distributions as well.
7) Have the ability to describe the basic concepts of statistics (population, sample, ramdom sample, sampling distribution etc.)
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONProbability concept and basic theorems of probability. Independence, conditional probability and Bayes' rule. Random variable and functions. Considerable discrete and continuous distributions. Distributions of random variables' functions. Subject of statistics and its method. Unit, population, data analysis, central tendency measurements. Sampling and sampling methods, sampling distributions.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Displays of Data Sets and Calculations of Some Important Statistics
2nd Week Fundamentals of Probability
3rd Week Definition of Probability, Conditional Probability, Bayes' Theorem and Independent Events
4th Week Concept of Random Variable, Probability Distributions
5th Week Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions
6th Week Joint Probability Distributions, Statistical Independence
7th Week Mathematical Expectation, Variance and Covariance
8th Week Some Discrete Probability Distributions
9th Week Midterm
10th Week Some Continuous Probability Distributions
11th Week Fuctions of Random Variables, Distribution Function Technique
12th Week Change of Variables Techique (For one and two random variables)
13th Week Moment Generating Function Technique, Definition of Random Sampling
14th Week Concept of Random Sampling, Sampling Distributions for Some Statistics
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING(1) Walpole R.E., Myers R.H. Myers Sh. L. Ye K. Probability and Statistics or Engineers and Scientists Prentice Hall. 7th edition;
(2) İ. Kara. Olasılık, Bilim Teknik, 2000
(3) Akdeniz F. "Olasılık ve İstatistik", Nobel Kitabevi, 13. Baskı, 2007.
(4) Erbaş S. O. "Olasılık ve İstatistik", Gazi Kitabevi.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Assignment25
Quiz625
Total(%)65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)35
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz31030
Individual or group work14114
Preparation for Final exam13030
Course hours14456
Preparation for Midterm exam13030
Laboratory (including preparation)000
Final exam122
Homework4312
Total Workload176
Total Workload / 305,86
ECTS Credits of the Course6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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