Probability and Statistics
Module code: EEU33E03 · Semester: Semester 2
Themes: Theme 1: Energy; Theme 2: Bioengineering/Manufacturing; Theme 3: Mechanical/Manufacturing
Resources
Questions by Year
- 2025/26
- 2023/24
- 2022/23
- 2021/22
- 2020/21
- 2019/20
- 2018/19
- 2017/18 (old code EE3E3)
- 2016/17 (old code EE3E3)
- 2015/16 (old code EE3E3)
- 2014/15 (old code EE3E3)
- 2013/14 (old code EE3E3)
- 2012/13 (old code EE3E3)
Topics
- Describing data: histograms, central tendency, variation, IQR and outliers, exploratory analysis LO1
- Probability basics LO2
- Discrete distributions: Bernoulli, binomial, multinomial, geometric, hypergeometric, negative binomial, Poisson LO2–3
- Continuous distributions: normal, exponential, chi-squared; moments LO3
- Sampling distributions, central limit theorem, standard error LO3–4
- Estimation and confidence intervals LO4
- Hypothesis tests: z, t, F, chi-square, paired comparisons, p-values LO4
- Linear regression, least squares, correlation, prediction intervals, time series LO5–6
Learning outcomes
- Understand data types, visualisation, summaries and exploratory data analysis
- Compute probabilities for random variables in engineering problems
- Build and use discrete and continuous probability distributions
- Assess statistical test results using hypothesis testing
- Carry out correlation and regression analysis
- Use statistical software for data analysis