Advanced Statistical Techniques

Paper Code: 
RMT 332
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course plan aims to provide the students with a comprehensive understanding of quantitative data analysis. The course provides exposure to the students to use of statistical package in social sciences.

Unit I: 
  • Meaning functions and abuse of statistics in social work research
  • Frequency distribution types and shapes of distribution
     
Unit II: 
  • Proportions, percentage and ratios
  • Measures of Variability-Variation Ratio, Index of Qualitative Variation
  • Criteria for selecting useful variability measure.
     
Unit III: 
  • Association: Meaning, Characteristics, Degree, Direction and Nature.
Unit IV: 
  •    Inferential Statistics
  •    Normal Curve:Meaning and Characteristics
  •    Area under Normal Curve,Transforming raw scores to Z scores.
     
Unit V: 
  • Software for Higher Statistical Analysis : SPSS and its Applications.
References: 
  1.  Ahuja. Ram. 2006, Research Methods, Rawat Publications.
  2. Cohen, Louis & Holliday, Michael. 1982 Statistics for Social Scientists. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
  3.  Elifson et al. 1990  Fundamentals of Social Statistics. McGraw Hill Publishing Co.
  4. Kurtz, Norman R. 1983  Introduction to Social Statistics. Paris: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
  5. Levin, Jack .1983  Elementary Statistics in Social Research. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
  6. Loether, H.J. & McTavish, Donald. 1974  Inferential Statistics for Sociologists.
  7. Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.
  8. Malec, Michael, A. 1977 Essential Statistics for Social Research. New York: J.B.Lippincott Co
  9.  Wright, Susan E. 1986  Social Science Statistics. Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.
     
Academic Session: 
2018-19
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