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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / BLM301 - DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Code: BLM301 Course Title: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AYLİN ALKAYA (aylin@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) SEMA ATASEVER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Introduce students to probability theory and mathematical statistics at a basic level. Establish the general application of probabilistic and statistical analysis methods in engineering areas.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Ability to perform combinatorial counting (permutations, combinations, etc.) at a basic level and use it engineering applications. PO-4 Students gain the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-15 Students will be able to design a system or process to meet the desired needs.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-2 Ability to perform combinatorial counting (permutations, combinations, etc.) at a basic level and use it engineering applications. PO-4 Students gain the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-15 Students will be able to design a system or process to meet the desired needs.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-3 Ability to analyze and obtain inferences from the joint behavior of random variables based on such concepts as joint distribution, marginal distribution, and conditional distribution. PO-4 Students gain the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-15 Students will be able to design a system or process to meet the desired needs.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-4 Knowledge of the mathematical form of the discrete and continuous distributions most commonly used in engineering, and what type of applications they are suitable for. PO-4 Students gain the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-15 Students will be able to design a system or process to meet the desired needs.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-5 Ability to perform theoretical calculations of expected value, variance, covariance, etc. in order to use in statistical applications. PO-4 Students gain the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-15 Students will be able to design a system or process to meet the desired needs.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Axiomatic definition of probability; probability spaces; random variables and vectors; probability distributions; continuous/discrete/joint distributions, distribution functions, density functions, standard distributions; mean value, variance and high-order moments; independence and conditional probability; common, marginal and conditional distributions, covariance and correlation;
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic terms. Definition of statistics. Definition of statistics, The place of statistics in engineering Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
2 Organizing Data. Frequency distributions. Graphics Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
3 Central Tendency Measures Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
4 Distribution Measures Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
5 Probability Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
6 Random variables Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
7 Discrete Distributions: Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
8 mid-term exam
9 Continuous Distributions: Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
10 Confidince intervals Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
11 Hypothesis Testing Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
12 Analysis of Varianc Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
13 Chi-square Analysis Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
14 Covariance and correlation analysis Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
15 Regression Analysis Explaining, Question-answer, Problem Solving, Practice
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 “Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists”, Walpole R. E., Myers R. H., Myers S. L., and Ye K, 9th Edition, International Edition, Pearson, 2013.
Required Course instruments and materials
“Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists”, Walpole R. E., Myers R. H., Myers S. L., and Ye K, 9th Edition, International Edition, Pearson, 2013.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 13 4 52
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 12 1 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 12 1 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120