STAT 509 HOME PAGE: SPRING 2026

STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS

Instructor: Joshua M. Tebbs

Office: LeConte 217
Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 TTh


Teaching Assistant: Sijian Fan

email: sfan@email.sc.edu

 

Office: LeConte 204

Office Hours: 1:00-3:00 MWF


Resources: The course notes below are also available for purchase at Printing Services in the Russell House (next to the post office).

o   Syllabus

o   Course notes

 


References: These are the articles and other resources referenced in the notes and homework assignments.

o   Liu et al. (1996)

o   Montgomery and Runger (2018)

o   Xu et al. (2003)


Homework: These assignments are due in class on the due date shown. Do not send me your assignments by email.

o   Homework 1: Due Thursday, January 29. Covers Chapter 2 (Solutions)

o   Homework 2: Due Thursday, February 5. Covers Chapter 3 (Solutions)

o   Homework 3: Due Thursday, February 12. Covers Chapter 4 (Solutions)

o   Homework 4: Due Thursday, February 19. Covers Chapter 5 (Solutions)

o   Homework 5: Due Thursday, March 5. Covers Chapter 6

o   Homework 6: Due Thursday, March 19. Covers Chapter 7

o   Homework 7: Due Thursday, March 26. Covers Chapter 8

o   Homework 8: Due Thursday, April 2. Covers Chapter 9

 

o   Homework 9: Due Thursday, April 16. Covers Chapter 10

o   Homework 10: Due Thursday, April 23. Covers Chapter 11


R Code: This is the R code I use to produce the graphs and analyses in the notes.

o   Chapter 2

o   Chapter 3

o   Chapter 4

o   Chapter 5

o   Chapter 6

o   Chapter 7

o   Chapter 8

o   Chapter 9

 

o   Chapter 10

o   Chapter 11

o   Chapter 12


Data sets: These are the data sets I use in the notes.

o   Shaft bearing failure data (Chapter 5)

o   Alloy strength data (Chapter 6)

o   Arsenic concentration data (Chapter 6)

o   Brick weight data (Chapter 7)

o   Screw diameter data (Chapter 7)

o   Fabric strength data (Chapter 8)

o   Hatching weight data (Chapter 8)

o   TCDD veteran data (Chapter 8)

o   Fill volume data (Chapter 8)

o   Mortar strength data (Chapter 9)

o   Maximum oxygen uptake data (Chapter 10)

o   Waste incineration data (Chapter 11)

o   Electricity demand data (Chapter 11)

o   Wind turbine data (Chapter 11)


Exams: All exams will be held in our classroom. They are closed-book and closed-notes.

o   Exam 1: Tuesday, February 24. Covers Chapters 1-5. (Solutions) (Previous exam questions)

o   Exam 2: Tuesday, April 7. Covers Chapters 6-9. (Previous exam questions)

o   Final Exam: Thursday, April 30 at 9:00am. Covers Chapters 1-12.


Last updated: February 26, 2026