Choice based syllabus for Second semester
Paper I :Basic Statistics (Minor Elective for students of other Programmes)
BASIC STATISTICS
UNIT – I
Methods of Data Collection: Collection of Primary data, construction of questionnaire, Collection of data through questionnaire, Difference between questionnaires and schedules,Some other methods of data collections, Collection of Secondary data, Processing and analysis of data.
UNIT – II
Classification and Tabulation of Data, Tally marking, Discrete and continuous type of data, graphical presentation of data, Bar Diagram, Histogram, Pie Char, Line Chart, Pictogram.
UNIT – III
Descriptive Statistics: Measure of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis for the
study of nature of data.
UNIT – IV
Idea of correlation and regression for two and three variables; correlation coefficient, multiple
and partial correlations, Rank correlation.
UNIT – V
Four short notes, one from each unit will be asked. Students have to answer any two.
Reference :
1. Goon A.M., Gupta M.K., Dass Gupta B. (1991): Fundamentals of statistics, Vol.I, World
Press, Calcutta.
2. Gupta & Kapoor: Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics S. Chand and Sons.
3. Hodges, J.L. and Lehman, E.L. (1964): Basic Concepts of Probability and statistics, Holden
day.
4. Mood A. M. Graybill F.A. and Boes D.C. (1974): Introduction to the Theory of Statistics,
MegrawHill.
5. Bhatt B. R., Srivenkatramana T and RaoMadhava K.S. (1977): Statistics : A Beginner’s
text, Vol.II, New Age International (P) Ltd.
Choice based syllabus for Third semester
Paper II :Computational Method of Statistics (Minor Elective for students of other Programmes)
COMPUTATIONAL METHOD OF STATISTICS
UNIT - I
Mathematical and statistical definitions of probability, laws of probability, Random variable and sampling techniques, Simple random sampling, Stratified random sampling, Cluster Sampling, Systematic sampling.
UNIT - II
Parameter andStatistic, Null and alternative hypothesis, level ofsignificance, p-value, degree of freedom, Test of Hypothesis, Application of Chi square test, t and F.
UNIT - III
Normal distribution, its properties and applications in different statistical test. Analysis of variance, One way ANOVA and Two way ANOVA.
UNIT – IV
Use of Statistical packages for data analysis – SPSS and Excel.
UNIT – V
Four short notes, one from each unit will be asked. Students have to answer any two.
References:
- Gupta & Kapoor: Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics, S. Chand and Sons.
- Goon A.M., Gupta M.K., Dass Gupta B. (1991): Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol.I, WorldPress, Calcutta.
- Rohatgi V. K. (1967): An Introduction to Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics,John Wiley and Sons.