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SOR1211 - PROBABILITY
Lecturer/s:
Credits:
Prerequisites:
Lectures:
Semester/s:
Various
2 ECTS
Pure or Applied Mathematics at the level requested for entry to Engineering and
Technology Courses
14 hours, tutorials and computer lab sessions
1
Elementary Probability
Sample space, events and probability of events
Mutually exclusive and independent events
Combinatorial Probability
Bayes’ Theorem
Random Variables
Discrete and continuous random variables
Expectation and Variance
Discrete Probability Distributions
Binomial Distribution
Poisson Distribution
Geometric Distribution
Continuous Probability Distributions
Exponential Distribution
Normal Distribution
Method of Assessment:
100% Examination (Duration: 1½ hours)
Suggested Texts:
Freund, J. E. and Miller, I. (1977) Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Prentice Hall Inc.
Callender, J.T. and Jackson, R. (1996) Exploring Probability and Statistics with Spreadsheets –
Prentice Hall Inc.
Montgomery, D. and Runger, G. (1999) Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers – Second
Edition, Wiley
Ross, S. M. (1999) Introduction to Probability & Statistics for Engineers – Second Edition,
Academic
Johnson, R. A. (1994) Miller and Freund’s Probability & Statistics for Engineers – Fifth Edition,
Prentice Hall Inc. Int. Paperback Editions
Wilson, C. (1972) Applied Statistics for Engineers – First Edition, Applied Science Publishers
Ross, Sheldon M. (2005) Introductory Statistics – Second Edition, Academic Press