Syllabus

Modules:
Statistical Data: Frequency Distribution Graphic and Diagrammatic presentation of Data Techniques of data Collection Sampling versus population Primary and Secondary data.
Measures of Central Tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode (for both Grouped and Ungrouped Data), Properties of Arithmetic Mean, Graphical Location of Median and Mode, Comparison of Mean Median and Mode Geometric and Harmonic Mean.
Index Numbers: Their Concept as Weighted Averages, Problems in the Construction of Index Numbers, Chain Index, Cost of Living Index Number (Different Formulae), Wholesale Price Index and Cost of Living Index in India, Base Shifting, Uses of Index Numbers.
Dispersion: Range, Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation and Standard Deviation, Properties of Standard Deviation, Comparison of Different Measures of Dispersion, Measures of Relative Dispersion–Curve of Concentration, Measurement of Economic Inequality- Gini Coefficient and Coefficient of Variation/Lorenz Curve.
Measures of Skewness and Kurtosis. The Concept of Moments
Correlation Analysis: Elementary Analysis of Linear Correlation: Covariance, Scatter Diagram, Coefficient of Simple Correlation–Properties and the Method of Calculation, Concept of Spearman’s Rank Correlation.
Regression Analysis: The Concept of Regression, Regression Lines and their Estimation in a Bivariate series, Least Squares Method, The Concept of r2 and Standard Error of Estimate.

Upon successful completion of the course a student will have a firm understanding of the fundamentals of Descriptive Statistics. He/she will be able to understand different applications of statistics in Industry, Economics, Agriculture, Demography, Education and Psychology.

Attempts have been made to demonstrate how a user can solve the problems using simple computer-oriented programme. Emphasis is placed not only on solving the problems in various fields but also on drawing inferences from the problems.

Gupta, S.C., Fundamentals of Statistics, Himalaya Publishing House, Delhi Publications, New Delhi , New Delhi

Nagar and Das, Basic Statistics, Oxford India Paperbacks , OUP, New Delhi

Mood. A. M, Graybill, F A. and Boes D. C, Introduction to the Theory of Statistics,, McGraw Hill

Murray R. Speigel, Theory & Problems of Statistics, Schaum’s publishing Series.