National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : SM6572 : Statistics Laboratory { 0-0-2 / 2}

Subject Nature : Practical

Coordinator : Dr. Arvind Kumar

Syllabus

Unit 1. Introduction to Statistics and Data Collection: Business Statistics, Collection of Data, Populations and Samples, Nature of Statistical Data and Measurement Levels, Scales of Measurement, Types of Statistical Data. (Lecture Hours - 3)

Unit 2. Univariate Analysis: (i) Measures of Central Tendency: Introduction, Central Tendency, Requisites of a Good Average, Measures of Central Tendency (ii) Measures of Variation: Variability and Decision Making, Absolute and Relative Variation, Measures of Variation (iii) Measures of Symmetry and tailedness: Skewness, Difference Between Dispersion and Skewness, Kurtosis (Lecture Hours - 6)

Unit 3. Bivariate Analysis: Correlation, Simple Regression (Lecture Hours - 3)

Unit 4. Multivariate Analysis: Exploratory Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Multiple Regression, Discriminant Analysis, Logistic Regression, Perceptual Mapping, Correspondence Analysis, Conjoint Analysis, Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance (Lecture Hours - 9)

Unit 5. Statistical Quality Control: Introduction, Control Charts, Control Charts for Variables, Control Charts for Attributes, Acceptance Sampling (Lecture Hours - 6)

Unit 6. Probability: Introduction, Marginal Probability, Joint Probability, Conditional Probability, Bayes’ Theorem (Lecture Hours - 3)

Course Objectives

  • To develop an in-depth understanding about Statistics and all its key concepts like inferential statistics, sampling, probability, hypothesis testing, and different types of statistical analysis.
  • To make the students familiar with the usage of statistical tools like MS Excel, IBM SPSS, and IBM AMOS.
  • To enable the usage of statistical techniques in personal and professional life

Course Outcomes

After completion of this course, the pupils shall be able to – <br />(i) Describe all the key concepts of Statistical analysis with ease <br />(ii) Organize, manage and present data independently <br />(iii) Analyse statistical data using measures of central tendency, dispersion and location <br />(iv) Calculate coefficient of correlation independently <br />(v) Build the simple linear regression Model without the help of Excel and SPSS <br />(vi) Calculate Coefficient of Determination (R2) without the help of Excel and SPSS <br />(vii) Build the multiple and logistics regression Model on MSExcel and SPSS <br />(viii) Calculate the utilities through Conjoint Analysis <br />(ix) Perform discriminant and correspondence analysis independently. <br />(x) Perform MANOVA independently <br />(xi) Prepare control charts with ease <br />(xii) Explain the concept of probability with ease <br />(xiii) Apply Joint Probability, Conditional Probability and Bayes’ theorem to calculate the likelihood of event(s).

Essential Reading

  • Ken Black (2013), Business Statistics for Contemporary Decision Making, Wiley , Edition - 7th. Reprint: 2016
  • Richard I. Levin, and David S. Rubin (2017), Statistics for Management, Pearson , Edition - 8th

Supplementary Reading

  • Joseph F. Hair Jr., William C. Black, Barry J. Babin, Rolph E. Anderson (2019), Multivariate Data Analysis, Cengage , Edition - 8th
  • D. N. Gujarati, D. C. Porter, & S. Gunasekar (2012), Basic Econometrics, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. , Edition - 5th