ABSTRACT
The course Statistics for Engineers is structured differently than most other introductory statistics courses, in that the order of topics is reversed. Collection and analysis of data, experimental design and factorial experiments, ANOVA, and regression are covered before probability, random variables, and the central limit theorem. One main reason is so that the students can do a two- or three-factor designed experiment of their choosing as their course project. Several mechanisms have been employed to try to encourage success in this endeavor. Students may do the project alone or in groups of two or three; this creates some additional challenges for the distance education sections of the course.
