Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

CE 605A: Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers (2018-19-I)

Instructor: Shivam Tripathi Email: shiva

TA: Kumar Amritesh / Tarun Tiwari Emails: kamrit / ttiwary

Schedule: Lecture: Wednesday 10:30-11:45; L-12

Office Hours: Wednesday 17:30-18:30; Hydraulics Lab, Room No. 6

Text Book: Applied Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers by N. T. Kottegoda and R. Rosso,
Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd edition, 2008.
Reference Books: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by Walpole, R. E., Myers, R. H.,
Myers, S. L., & Ye, K., Pearson Education India, 9th edition, 2013.
Principles of Statistics by M.G. Bulmer, Dover Publications, 1979.
Probability, Statistics and Decision for Civil Engineers by J R Benjamin and C A Cornell,
McGraw-Hill, 1970.

Course Synopsis: This course is designed to refresh your concepts of probability and statistics. Emphasis will be
on learning their application to engineering problems.

Introduction to probability and statistics

Concepts and laws of probability
Random variables and their properties
Probability distributions
Parameter estimation
Hypothesis testing
Regression analysis
Other miscellaneous topics - Bayesian decision theory, Tests of goodness-of-fit, Identification
of outliers, Causal Inference.

Course Evaluation: The course will be evaluated based on the following scheme:
Final Exam 45%
Mid Semester Exam 25%
Quizzes 20%
Assignments/Projects 10%

The final letter grade will be awarded based upon the cumulative performance throughout the
semester according to the following guidelines:

90 and above A* 50 to 59 D
80 to 89 A 40 to 49 E
70 to 79 B 39 and less F
60 to 69 C

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