CEE 260/MIE273: Probability and Statistics in Engineering
UMass Amherst, Fall 2025
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Schedule
Module 1 Introduction
- Tue, Sep 2
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- LECTURE 1AData and Sampling
- Activity 1AData About Us; Prompt
- Thu, Sep 4
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- LECTURE 1BSummarizing Data
- Echo360 Video
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- PROBLEM SET 1Problem Set 1 (Due 9/9)
- PS 1 Solutions
- Activity 1BBlind Stork Test; Prompt
- Tue, Sep 9
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- LECTURE 1CCase Studies and Experiments
- Echo360 Video
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- PROBLEM SET 2Overleaf (Due 9/16)
- PS 2 Solutions
- LAB 2Data Summarization and Visualization (Due 9/16); Solution
- Activity 2APizza Preference Survey; Prompt
Module 2 Probability
- Sep 11
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- LECTURE 2aEvents and Set Operations
- Echo360 Video
- Sep 16
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- LECTURE 2bTheory of Probability
- Echo360 Video
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- PROBLEM SET 3PDF, LaTeX (Due 9/23)
- PS 3 Solutions
- Sep 18
- LAB 3Data, Probability and Counting (Due 9/23); Solution
Module 3 Probability Distributions
- Tue, Sep 23
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- LECTURE 3AIntroduction: Random Variables
- Echo360 Video
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- PROBLEM SET 4PDF, LaTeX (Due 9/30)
- PS 4 Solutions
- LAB 4Construction Duration Analysis (Due 9/30)
- Thu, Sep 25
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- LECTURE 3BNormal Distribution
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 3BEmpirical Rule
- NOTEBOOK 3BComputing Normal Probabilities
- Tue, Sep 30
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- PROBLEM SET 5PDF, LaTeX (Due 10/7)
- PS 5 Solutions
- LAB 5Lognormal and Exponential Distributions (Due 10/9)
- ACTIVITY 3CStudent Arrival Intervals, Sentence Word Lengths
- Thu, Oct 2
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- LECTURE 3DBinomial Distribution
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 3DProb. of 1 MIE student
- Tue, Oct 7
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- LECTURE 3EPoisson Distribution
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 3ELightning Strikes
- Tue, Oct 9
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- LECTURE 3FJoint Distributions and REVIEW
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 3FSmartphone/Laptop Preferences
Module 4 Inference Foundations
- Thu, Oct 16
- ACTIVITY 4AFORTHCOMING
- Tue, Oct 21
- ACTIVITY 4AFORTHCOMING
- Thu, Oct 23
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- PROBLEM SET 6PDF, LaTeX (Due 10/28)
- PS 6 Solutions
- LAB 6NO LAB 6 - you get points for this! (Due 9/30)
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ACTIVITY 4BFORTHCOMING
- NOTEBOOK 4BFORTHCOMING
- Tue, Oct 28
- ACTIVITY 4CFORTHCOMING
Module 5 Inference for Categorical Data
- Thu, Oct 30
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- LECTURE 5AInference for Single Proportion
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 5AHypothesis Testing Responses
- PROBLEM SET 7PDF, LaTeX (Due 11/18)
- LAB 7CIs and Hypothesis Testing for a Proportion (Due 11/18)
- Thu, Nov 6
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- LECTURE 5BDifference of Two Proportions
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 5BDifference of Two Proportions: Netflix vs Hulu Responses
- Thu, Nov 13
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- LECTURE 5CGoodness of Fit Testing
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 5CGoodness of Fit: Engineering Majors
Module 6 Inference for Numerical Data
- Tue, Nov 18
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- LECTURE 6AInference for One Sample Means
- Echo360 Video
- PROBLEM SET 8PDF, LaTeX (Due 11/26)
- Thu, Nov 20
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- LECTURE 6BInference for Two Samples
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 6BiPhone vs Android Screentime
- LAB 8CIs and Hypothesis Testing for a Sample Mean (Due 12/2)
- Tue, Nov 25
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- LECTURE 6CANOVA
- Echo360 Video
Module 7 Linear Regression
- Thu, Dec 4
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- LECTURE 7ACorrelation and Least Squares
- Echo360 Video
- ACTIVITY 7A Sound Attenuation: Prompt; Notebook
- NOTEBOOK 7ALinear Regression