Statistical Reasoning in Sociology

Paper Code: 
SOC 401
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course plan aims to provide exposure to the fundamentals of various quantitative methods which are useful in social research. Teaching certain quantitative methods, statistical techniques and methods to collect and analyze the data would help them organize and analyze the information gathered by them.

9.00

Objectives of Data Analysis.                                                                       Classification and Tabular Presentation of Data.                                                    Diagrammatic Presentation of Data: Simple bar and Multiple bar.

9.00
Unit II: 

Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode.

9.00
Unit III: 

Measures of Dispersion: Index of Qualitative Variation; Quartile Deviation, Standard Deviation, Co-efficient of Variation.

9.00

Co-Relation: Meaning and Features, Rank Co-Relation; Product Moment Co-Relation.

9.00

Process of Hypothesis Testing; Chi-Square Test.

Essential Readings: 

 

 

References: 
  • 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.

 

Academic Session: 
2017-18
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