Engineering 111 - Foundations of Engineering I

Chapter 7 - Numbers

• Section 7.1
  • Scientific Notation
• Section 7.2
  • Accuracy and Precision
  • Systematic Errors and Random Errors
  • Uncertainty and Error (Memorize Equations 7-1 to 7-5)
  • Figure 7.1
• Section 7.3
  • Significant Figures
  • Addition/Subtraction Significant Figures
  • Multiplication/Division Significant Figures
• Review these problems at the end of this chapter: 7.1 to 7.6

Chapter 8 - Tables and Graphs

• Section 8.1
  • Independent and Dependent Variables
• Section 8.2
  • Table 8.1 (See how to include units.)
• Section 8.3
  • Ordinate (y-axis) and Abscissa (x-axis)
  • Figure 8.2
• Section 8.4
  • Equation 8-2 and Figure 8-3
• Section 8.5
  • Power Equations
  • How do you make a log-log plot?
  • Figure 8.4-8.5
• Section 8.6
  • Exponential Equations
  • How do you make a semi-log plot?
  • Figure 8.6
• Section 8.7
  • Table 8.2
• Section 8.8
  • What is interpolation and extrapolation?
• Section 8.9
  • Least Squares Linear Regression
  • Equations 8.32 and 8.33 and 8-37 will be provided.
• Review these problems at the end of this chapter: 8.1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Chapter 9 - Statistics

• Section 9.1
  • Statistical Quality Control
• Section 9.2
  • Population and Sample
• Section 9.3
  • Raw Data
  • Range, Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation
  • Equations 9-3 and 9-8 will be provided.
• Section 9.4
  • Histograms
• Section 9.5
  • Normal Distribution or bell-shape curve
  • Equation 9-12 may be provided.
• Review these problems at the end of this chapter: 9.1 and 9.7

How to Study

• Follow review guideline above.
• Review the in-class and homework exercises. This includes homework 5 and 7.
• Review the PowerPoint for these chapters above. PowerPoint files can be downloaded from the course home page.