Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 5th Edition

Montgomery and Runger’s bestselling engineering statistics text provides a practical approach oriented to engineering as well as chemical and physical sciences. By providing unique problem sets that reflect realistic situations, students learn how the material will be relevant in their careers. With a focus on how statistical tools are integrated into the engineering problem-solving process, all major aspects of engineering statistics are covered. Developed with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation, this text incorporates many insights from the authors’ teaching experience along with feedback from numerous adopters of previous editions.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Role Of Statistics In Engineering
Chapter 2 Probability
Chapter 3 Discrete Random Variables And Probability Distributions
Chapter 4 Continuous Random Variables And Probability Distributions
Chapter 5 Joint Probability Distributions
Chapter 6 Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 7 Sampling Distributions And Point Estimation Of Parameters
Chapter 8 Statistical Intervals For A Single Sample
Chapter 9 Tests Of Hypotheses For A Single Sample
Chapter 10 Statistical Inference For Two Samples
Chapter 11 Simple Linear Regression And Correlation
Chapter 12 Multiple Linear Regression
Chapter 13 Design And Analysis Of Single-Factor Experiments: The Analysis Of Variance
Chapter 14 Design Of Experiments With Several Factors
Chapter 15 Statistical Quality Control

Appendix A: Statistical Tables And Charts
Appendix B: Answers To Selected Exercises
Appendix C: Bibliography