This book is designed for engineering students studying for the core paper on probability and statistics. The topics have been dealt in a coherent manner, supported by illustrations for better compre¬hension. Each chapter is replete with examples and exercises. The book also has numerous Multiple Choice Questions at the end of each chapter, thus providing the student with an abundant repository of exam specific problems.

This book is designed for engineering students studying the core paper on probability and statistics during their second or third years. It includes detailed explanation of theory with numerous examples and exercises, as well as relevant references to engineering applications. Each also has numerous objective type questions and answers and hints are provided for all the exercise problems and objective type questions.

Book Contents –

1. Probability
2. Probability Distribution
3. Special Distribution
4. Sampling Distributions
5. Estimation Theory
6. Inferences Concerning Means and Proportions
7. Tests of Significance
8. Curve Fitting: Regression and Correlation Analysis
9. Analysis of Variance
10. Statistical Quality Control
11. Queueing Theory Appendix A: Test Based on Normal Distributions Appendix B: Statistical Tables Appendix C: Basic Results Additional Solved Problems Index