Chapter1.OverviewandDescriptiveStatisticsWeiqiLuo(骆伟祺)SchoolofSoftwareSunYat-SenUniversityEmail:weiqi.luo@yahoo.comOffice:#A313SchoolofSoftwareTextbook:JayL.Devore,Probabilityandstatisticsforengineeringandthesciences(the6thEdition),ChinaMachinePress,2011References:1.MillerandFreund,“ProbabilityandStatisticsforEngineers”(the7thEdition),PublishingHouseofElectronicsIndustry,2005.2.盛骤、谢式千、潘承毅,《概率论与数理统计》第4版,高等教育出版社,2008KaiLaiChung,“ACourseinProbabilityTheory”,(the3rdEdition),ChinaMachinePress,2010.2SchoolofSoftwareMATLABApowerfulsoftwarewithvarioustoolboxes,includingStatisticsToolboxImageProcessingToolboxSignalprocessingToolboxRobustControlToolboxCurveFittingToolboxFuzzyLogicToolbox…3SchoolofSoftwarePrerequisiteCoursesSE-101AdvancedMathematicsSE-103LinearAlgebraSuccessiveCoursesSE-328DigitalSignalProcessingSE-343DigitalImageProcessingSE-352InformationSecurityPatternRecognition&Machinelearningetc.4SchoolofSoftwareUncertaintyItcanbeassessedinformallyusingthelanguagesuchas“itisunlikely”or“probably”.5WhatisUncertainty?Thissciencecameofgamblingin7thcenturySchoolofSoftwareProbabilitymeasuresuncertaintyformally,quantitatively.Itisthemathematicallanguageofuncertainty.Statisticsshowsomeusefulinformationfromtheuncertaindata,andprovidethebasisformakingdecisionsorchoosingactions.6WhyStudyProbability&Statistics?SchoolofSoftwareWeatherForecastApplications7SchoolofSoftwareInmedicaltreatmentApplications8e.g.RelationshipbetweensmokingandlungcancerSchoolofSoftwareBirthdayParadox(fromWikipedia)Applications9SchoolofSoftwareBenford’sLaw/FirstDigitLaw(fromWikipedia)Applications10AccountingForensicsMultimediaForensics…SchoolofSoftwareTimeSeriesAnalysisApplications11•EconomicForecasting•SalesForecasting•BudgetaryAnalysis•StockMarketAnalysis•ProcessandQualityControl•InventoryStudiesetc.SchoolofSoftwareMoreinterestingapplicationsinreallifehttp://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f1486775o1p0.htmlAp...