BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani

Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division

SECOND SEMESTER 2018-2019

COURSE HANDOUT (Part II)
Date: 07.01.2019

In addition to Part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) portion here give specific
details regarding the course.

Course Number : MATH F113

Course Title : Probability & Statistics
Instructor-In-Charge : SUMANTA PASARI
Instructors : C B Gupta, Chandra Shekhar, Rajiv Kumar Shivi Agarwal, Sumanta
Pasari, Suresh Kumar
Tutorial Instructors : Devendra Kumar, Gaurav Dwivedi, Jitender Kumar, K S Pritam, P K
H Keskar, Priyanka Kumari, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Satyendra Singh,
Shreekant Varshney, Shruti

1. Course Description:
Probability theory deals with many real life problems, which either inherently involve the chance
phenomena or describe the behavior of the system explicitly with statistical properties. Interpretation of
the system behavior in many engineering aspects depends on concept of probability and statistics that
familiarize with the computational aspects. This course explains the basic properties of random
variables, probability distributions, statistical inferences, and other related concepts.

2. Scope and Objective of the Course:

The primary objective of this course is to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts
and techniques of probability theory and statistical analysis.

3. Text Book:

1. Milton, J. S. and Arnold J. C., Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Principles and Applications
for Engineering and the Computing Sciences, 4th edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2007.

4. Reference Books:

1. Devore, J. L., Probability & Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, 8 th edition, Cengage
Learning, 2012.
2. Johnson, R. A., Miller Freund’s Probability and Statistics for Engineers, 8th edition, PHI, 2010.
3. Meyer, P. L., Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley,
1970.
4. Ross, S. M., Introduction to Probability Models, 11th edition, Academic Press, 2014.
5. Walpole, R. E., Myers, R. H., Myers, S. L., Ye, K. E., Probability & Statistics for Engineers and
Scientists, 9th edition, Pearson Education, 2016.

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5. Lecture Plan:

Module Lecture Session Sections Learning Outcome

1. Various L 1 Brief introduction to probability, 1.1, 1.2, Formulating the foundations for
Concepts in sample spaces, events, permutations and 1.3 Probability vis a vis practical
Probability combinations notions
Theory
L 2-4 Axioms of probability, conditional 2.1, 2.2,
probability, independence and the 2.3, 2.4
multiplication rule, Bayes’ theorem
2. Discrete L 5-8 Random variables, discrete 3.1, 3.2, Understanding random variable,
Distributions probability densities, cumulative 3.3, 3.4 basic theory of discrete
distribution, expectation, variance and distributions and studying a few
standard deviation, geometric important discrete distributions
distribution, moment generating
function

L 9-11 Binomial distribution, 3.5, 3.7,

hypergeometric distribution, Poisson 3.8
distribution
3. Continuous L 12-15 Continuous densities, 4.1, 4.2, To understand theory of
Distributions cumulative distribution and distribution 4.3 continuous distributions and
parameters, uniform distribution, study a few important continuous
gamma distribution, exponential and distributions
chi-squared distribution.
L 16-20 Normal distribution, standard
normal distribution, Chebyshev’s 4.4, 4.5,
inequality, normal approximation to
4.6
binomial distribution
4. Simulation L 21-22 Simulation of discrete and 3.9, 4.9 Understanding basic methods for
continuous random variables simulation of random variable

5. Joint L 23-26 Joint densities and 5.1, 5.2, Simultaneous behavior of several
Distributions independence, marginal distribution: 5.4 random variables
discrete and continuous, expectation,
conditional densities (discard
regression)
6. Descriptive L 27-28 Random sampling, sample 6.1, 6.3 Concepts of Sampling and their
Statistics and statistics applications to estimate
Estimation L 29-31 Point estimation, method of 7.1, 7.2, population parameters
moments & maximum likelihood, 7.3, 7.4
functions of random variables, central
limit theorem.
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7. Statistical L 32-35 Interval estimation of 8.1, 8.2, Applications to estimation of

Inference variability, estimating the mean and 8.3, 8.4, intervals and testing of
Student-t distribution, hypothesis 8.5 hypotheses on population
testing, hypothesis tests on the mean parameters
L 36-38 Estimating proportions, testing 9.1, 9.2
hypothesis on a proportion
8. Simple Linear L 39-40 Model and parameter 11.1, To study nature of dependence of
Regression and estimation, Correlation 5.3, 11.6 random variables using a sample
Correlation

6. Evaluation Scheme:

EC Evaluation Duration Weightage Marks Date & Time Remarks

No. Component (%)
1 Mid-Semester 90 minutes 35 105 11/3 11:00 - Closed Book
12:30 PM
2 Class Tests 15 minutes 20 60 Unannounced Closed Book
(quizzes) each (Best 3 out of 4)
3 Comprehensive 180 45 135 1/5 AN Closed / Open
minutes Book

7. Chamber Consultation Hours:

To be announced in the respective tutorial class by the respective instructor.

8. Notices:

Notices in relation to the above course will be put up on NALANDA and Department of Mathematics
notice board.

9. Make-up policy:

Make-up for the mid-semester/comprehensive examination will be given to genuine cases with prior
permission only. For Class Tests component, there will be no make-up under any circumstances.

Instructor-In-Charge
MATH F113

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