Probability and statistics for engineers and scientists /

Walpole, Ronald E.

Probability and statistics for engineers and scientists / Ronald E. Walpole, Raymond H. Myers - 4th ed. - New York : [London : Macmillan ; Collier-Macmillan, 1989] - xiv,765p. : ill. ; 24 cm

With answers

Includes bibliographical references and index

Provides a rigorous introduction to basic probability theory and statistical inference that is motivated by interesting, relevant applications. It assumes readers have a background in calculus, and offers a unique balance of theory and methodology. Chapter topics cover an introduction to statistics and data analysis, probability, random variables and probability distributions, mathematical expectation, some discrete probability distributions, some continuous probability distributions, functions of random variables, fundamental sampling distributions and data descriptions



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Engineering--Statistical methods
Probability & statistics
Maths for engineers