STAT 509 HOME PAGE: FALL 2025

STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS

Instructor: Joshua M. Tebbs

Office: LeConte 217
Office Hours: 10:30-12:30 TTh

Section 001: 8:30-9:45 TTh in LeConte 224
Section 007: 1:15-2:30 TTh in Callcott 102

Teaching Assistant: Sijian Fan

email: sfan@email.sc.edu

 

Office: LeConte 204

Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 MWF

Resources:

·         Syllabus: (Section 001) (Section 007)

·         Course notes*

* This is not the complete set of course notes for STAT 509. The complete set will consist of 12 chapters.

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

·         Liu et al. (1996)

·         Montgomery and Runger (2018)

·         Xu et al. (2003)

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

·         Homework 1: Due Thursday, September 4 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 2

·         Homework 2: Due Thursday, September 11 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 3

·         Homework 3: Due Tuesday, September 23 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 4

·         Homework 4: Due Thursday, September 25 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 5

·         Homework 5: Due Tuesday, October 14 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 6

·         Homework 6: Due Tuesday, October 21 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 7

·         Homework 7: Due Tuesday, October 28 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 8

·         Homework 8: Due Tuesday, November 4 (Solutions). Covers Chapter 9

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

·         Chapter 2

·         Chapter 3

·         Chapter 4

·         Chapter 5

·         Chapter 6

·         Chapter 7

·         Chapter 8

·         Chapter 9

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

·         Waste incineration data (Chapter 1)

·         Shaft bearing failure data (Chapter 5)

·         Alloy strength data (Chapter 6)

·         Arsenic concentration data (Chapter 6)

·         Brick weight data (Chapter 7)

·         Screw diameter data (Chapter 7)

·         Fabric strength data (Chapter 8)

·         Hatching weight data (Chapter 8)

·         TCDD veteran data (Chapter 8)

·         Fill volume data (Chapter 8)

·         Mortar strength data (Chapter 9)

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

·         Exam 1: Tuesday, September 30. Covers Chapters 1-5. (Previous exam problems)

·         Exam 2: Tuesday, November 11. Covers Chapters 6-9.

·         Final Exam: Covers Chapters 1-12.

Last updated: September 17, 2025