Table of Contents

The Role of Statistics in Engineering.Probability.Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions.Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions.Joint Probability Distributions.Random Sampling and Data Description.Point Estimation of Parameters.Statistical Intervals for a Single Sample.Tests of Hypotheses for a Single Sample.Statistical Inference for Two Samples.Simple Linear Regression and Correlation.Multiple Linear Regression.Design and Analysis of Single--Factor Experiments: The Analysis of Variance.Design of Experiments with Several Factors.Nonparametric Statistics.Statistical Quality Control.Appendix A: Statistical Tables and Charts.Appendix B: Bibliography.Appendix C: Answers to Selected Exercises.Glossary.Index.