Introduction to Statistical Methods

Paper Code: 
RMT 132
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. Understand the fundamentals of various quantitative methods which are useful in social science research.

2.Organize the data collected using statistical techniques

  1. Represent the data diagrammatically
  2. Analyze the research data through quantitative techniques

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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