STT 430 Introduction to Probability and
Statistics (3
credits)
MW 3:00 - 4:20 in OH 109 (Olds Hall)
Click here for the syllabus,
grading scale, and homework assignments in PDF format. Click here for a free PDF
viewer.
The course
textbook is: Devore, J. (2011) Probability and Statistics for
Engineering and the Sciences, 8th ed., Thompson Brooks/Cole, Belmont
CA, ISBN 978-1305748927 (MSU Custom Edition, about half the price of
the regular hardcover text). You may also be able to
rent the entire textbook (ISBN 978-0538733526) or get
a used copy at a lower price. Just be sure to get the 8th edition.
Click here for information on renting or purchasing
the Student Edition of the Statistical Software MINITAB.
Click
here for the MINITAB
data files used in this textbook.
If you are using MINITAB Express, you should
download these plain text
data files. You can cut and paste the data into the MINITAB
Express data sheet.
Click here for MINITAB
classroom demonstration files. These files are also printed
in the back of the MSU custom version of our textbook. They are
provided here for students who did not get the custom version.
Besides asking in class or office hours, you can also get help with your homework at the Help Room
which is staffed by PhD students in Statistics.
Also there is a Student Solutions Manual that details all the steps for
the answers to the odd numbered problems.