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Introduction to Statistical Methods
Paper Code:
RMT 132
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
90.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
2.Organize the data collected using statistical techniques
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Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration
Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
9.00
Unit I:
UNIT-I
- Statistics: Meaning, Functions, Characteristics of Statistical data
- Scope of Statistics
9.00
Unit II:
UNIT-II
- Statistical Inquiries and Sampling: Population, Census enumeration, Law of Statistical Regularity, Law of Large numbers.
9.00
Unit III:
UNIT-III
- Classification of data: Meaning, Characteristics, Types.
- Tabulation of data: Objectives, Rules, Types.
9.00
Unit IV:
UNIT-IV
- Diagrammatic Representation of data: Characteristics, Types, Significance, Simple
Multiple Bar.
9.00
Unit V:
UNIT-V
- Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode
- Dispersion: Range, Quartile Deviation, Standard Deviation
Essential Readings:
- Wright, Susan E. 1986 Social Science Statistics. Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.
- Loether, H.J. & McTavish, Donald. 1974 Inferential Statistics for Sociologists.
Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.
- Kurtz, Norman R. 1983 Introduction to Social Statistics. Paris: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
- Elifson et al. 1990 Fundamentals of Social Statistics. McGraw Hill Publishing Co.
- Levin, Jack .1983 Elementary Statistics in Social Research. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
- Cohen, Louis & Holliday, Michael. 1982 Statistics for Social Scientists. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
- Malec, Michael, A. 1977 Essential Statistics for Social Research. New York: J.B.Lippincott Co.
- Ahuja. Ram. 2006, Research Methods, Rawat Publications.
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