MA23211 STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL METHODS L T P C
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course aims at providing the necessary basic concepts of a few statistical and
numerical methods and give procedures for solving numerically different kinds of
problems occurring in engineering and technology.
To acquaint the knowledge of testing of hypothesis for small and large samples which
plays an important role in real life problems?
To introduce the basic concepts of solving algebraic and transcendental equations.
To introduce the numerical techniques of interp ation in various intervals and
numerical techniques of differentiation and integration which plays an important role in
engineering and technology disciplines.
To acquaint the knowledge of various techniques an me hods solving ordinary
differential equations.
UNIT I TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS 9+3
Sampling distributions - Tests for single mean, proportion and difference of means (Large
and smallsamples) – Tests for single variance and equality of variances – Chi square test for
goodness of fit - Independence of attributes.
UNIT II DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS 9+3
One way and two way classifications - Completely randomized design – Randomized block
design, Latin square design - 22 factorial designs.
UNIT III SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS AND EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS 9+3
Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations - Fixed point iteration method – Newton
Raphson method- Solution of linear system of equations - Gauss elimination method –
Pivoting - Gauss Jordan method – Iterative methods of Gauss Jacobi and Gauss Seidel -
Eigenvalues of a matrix by Power method and Jacobi’s method for symmetric matrices.
UNIT IV INTERPOLATION, NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND
NUMERICAL INTEGRATION 9+3
Lagrange’s and Newton’s divided difference interpolations – Newton’s forward and
backward difference interpolation – Approximation of derivates using interpolation
polynomials – Numerical single and double integrations using Trapezoidal and Simpson’s
1/3 rules.
UNIT V NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS 9+3
Single step methods: Taylor’s series method - Euler’s method - Modified Euler’s method -
Fourth order Runge-Kutta method for solving first order differential equations - Multi step
methods: Milne’s and Adams - Bash forth predictor corrector methods for solving first order
differential equations.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Apply the concept of testing of hypothesis for small and large samples in real life
problems.
Apply the basic concepts of classifications of design of experiments in the field of
agriculture.
Appreciate the numerical techniques of interpolation in various intervals and apply the
numerical techniques of differentiation and integration for engineering problems.
Understand the knowledge of various techniques and methods for solving first and
second orderordinary differential equations.
Solve the partial and ordinary differential equations with initial and boundary
conditions by using certain techniques with engineering applications.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Grewal, B.S., and Grewal, J.S., "Numerical Methods in Engineering and
Science", Khanna Publishers, 10th Edition, New Delhi, 2015.
2. Johnson, R.A., Miller, I and Freund J., “Miller and Freund’s Probability and
Statistics for Engineers", Pearson Education, Asia, 8th Edition, 2015.
REFERENCES:
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1. Burden, R.L and Faires, J.D, "Numerical Analysis”, 9 Edition, Cengage Learning,
2016.
2. Devore. J.L., "Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences”, Cengage
Learning, New Delhi, 8th Edition, 2014.
3. Gerald. C.F. and Wheatley. P.O. "Applied Numerical Analysis” Pearson Education,
Asia, NewDelhi, 7th Edition, 2007.
4. Gupta S.C. and Kapoor V. K., “Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics”, Sultan
Chand & Sons, New Delhi, 12th Edition, 2020.
5. Spiegel. M.R., Schiller. J. and Srinivasan R.A., "Schaum’s, Outline on Probability
and Statistics ", Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 4 Edition, 2012.
6. Walpole. R.E., Myers. R.H., Myers. S.L. and Ye. K., “Probability and Statistics for
Engineers and Scientists", 9th Edition, Pearson Education, Asia, 2010.
