Statistical Reasoning in Research

Paper Code: 
RMT 232
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course plan intends to enable the students to understand and apply various statistical   techniques in research. This course is designed  to prepare students for the role of social science professionals who can acquire and analyse information on social phenomena, and adapt and utilise that information in various tasks.

 

3.00
  • Sources of Hypothesis testing
  • Chi Square test.

 

 

3.00
  • Co-relation: Meaning and Features, Rank Co-relation, Product Moment Co-relation.

 

 

3.00
  • Analysis of Variance: Technique, One way Classification, Two way Classification.

 

 

3.00
  • Index Numbers: Characteristics ,Types and Methods

 

 

3.00
  • Analysis of Time Series: Concept, Components ,Significance
  • Measurement of Trend: Graphic Method, Least square method.

 

 

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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