STAT 3470

Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers

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Mathematical Sciences Librarian
Science Education Specialist

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Other Book Sources

The OSU Library Catalog has subject headings.  If you had found a good book on your topic, examine the subject headings for that book below the location/call number box.  You can click on these to see other items with that subject ot you can search subject directly as follows.

Examples:

"History" is a subdivision of a subject that can be added after any other term. Examples: Format: branch--history. Clickable examples:

For mathematics history in a country, region, use for format mathematics--country/region--history Examples:

Finding Articles

Citation databases allow you to see for each article the items it cited and also the items that have cited it.  If you find a great article, use these databases to move both back and forward in time from that article.

Accessing items

You'll see some important buttons while using the OSU Libraries resouces. Especially important are these 4:

 

Request this item button

Where: OSU Library Catalog.

What: Have an item sent to another location for pickup or recall an item checked out.

 

OhioLINK Catalog button

Where: OSU Library Catalog.

What: Check for access of an individual item via OhioLINK - such as an item checked out at OSU. Also repeats searches in the OhioLINK catalog to see additional options for your need.

 

request button for OhioLINK

Where: OhioLINK Catalog

What: Click to have an item delivered to OSU from an OhioLINK library.

 

Find It! button

Where: Library Databases

What: Check for online access to journal articles, conference papers, and more. Also gives interlibrary loan option if item is not available online.

 

Recommended E-books

Recommended Videos

Sample Spaces and Events

 

Axioms and Properties of Probability

 

Counting Techniques

 

Conditional Probability

 

Bayes’ Theorem and Independence

 

Random Variables

 

Discrete Distributions

 

Probability mass function

 

Cumulative Distribution Function

 

Expected Values

 

Binomial Distribution

 

Poisson Distribution

 

Probability Density Functions

 

Expected Values & Variances

 

Normal (Gaussian) distribution

 

Exponential and Gamma Distributions

 

Jointly Distributed Random Variables

 

Covariance & Correlation

 

Distribution of the Sample Mean

 

Central Limit Theorem

 

Distribution of a Linear Combination

 

General Concepts and Methods of Point Estimation

 

Basic Properties of Confidence Intervals

 

Confidence Intervals for a Population Mean and Proportion

 

Intervals Based on a Normal Population Distribution

 

Hypothesis and Test Procedures

Tests About a Population Mean

 

The One Sample t Test

 

Comparing two means, paired test

 

Goodness-of-Fit Tests

 

Simple Linear Regression Model

 

Estimating Model Parameters

 

Inferences About the Slope

 

Assessing Model Adequacy

 

Transformed Variables

 

Multiple Regression

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