Tools

Derivation of F dist (PDF)

MATLAB® Files

FILES DESCRIPTIONS
Weird country (M) A simulation of the Weird country, in which people giving birth stop when they have their first girl
Boston subway interview (M) A simulation of the process of waiting to interview a republican at a Boston subway stop
Function of a random variable (M) Illustrates how a function of a random variable might behave

Microsoft® Excel Files

FILES Topics
Normal probability tool (XLS) Creates normally distributed samples and makes normal probability plots
Recreating Weibull’s plot for Bofors steel (XLS) Attempt to recreate Figure 1 in Weibull, Waloddi. “A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability.” Journal of Applied Mechanics 18, no. 3 (1951): 293-297.

Course Info

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Spring 2007
Level
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
Exams
Lecture Notes
Written Assignments with Examples