B.
Tech-CSE R22 Regulations
VAAGDEVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(AUTONOMOUS)
COMPUTER ORIENTED STATISTICAL METHODS
B.Tech II Year I Sem. LT P C
31 0 4
Pre-requisites: Mathematics courses of first year of study.
Course Objectives: To learn
⮚ The theory of Probability, Probability distributions of single and multiple random variables
⮚ The sampling theory, testing of hypothesis and making statistical inferences
⮚ Stochastic process and Markov chains.
UNIT - I: Probability 10 L
Sample Space, Events, Counting Sample Points, Probability of an Event, Additive Rules, Conditional
Probability, Independence, and the Product Rule, Baye’s Rule,
Random Variables and Probability Distributions: Concept of a Random Variable, Discrete
Probability Distributions, Continuous Probability Distributions.
UNIT - II: Expectation and discrete distributions 10 L
Mean of a Random Variable, Variance and Covariance of Random Variables, Means and Variances
of Linear Combinations of Random Variables, Chebyshev’s Theorem.
Discrete Probability Distributions: Binomial Distribution, Poisson distribution.
UNIT - III: Continuous and Sampling Distributions 10 L
Uniform Distribution, Normal Distribution, Areas under the Normal Curve, Applications of the
Normal Distribution, Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distributions.
Fundamental Sampling Distributions: Random Sampling, Some Important Statistics, Sampling
Distributions, Sampling Distribution of Means and the Central Limit Theorem, t - Distribution, F-
Distribution.
UNIT - IV: Sample Estimation & Tests of Hypotheses 10 L
Introduction, Statistical Inference, Classical Methods of Estimation, Single Sample: Estimating the
mean, standard error of a point estimate, prediction interval. Two sample: Estimating the difference
between two means, Single sample: Estimating a proportion, Two samples: Estimating the difference
between two proportions, Two samples: Estimating the ratio of two variances.
Statistical Hypotheses: General Concepts, Testing a Statistical Hypothesis, Single sample: Tests
concerning a single mean, Two samples: tests on two means, One sample: test on a single proportion.
Two samples: tests on two proportions, Two- sample tests concerning variances.
UNIT-V: Stochastic Processes and Markov Chains 8L
Introduction to Stochastic processes- Markov process. Transition Probability, Transition Probability
Matrix, First order and Higher order Markov process, n-step transition probabilities, Markov chain,
Steady state condition, Markov analysis.
Course outcomes: After learning the contents of this paper the student must be able to
CO-1: Apply the concepts of probability and distributions to case studies.