INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS

Paper Code: 
MRD 123
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

Objective: This course plan aims to provide exposure to the fundamentals of various quantitative methods which are useful in social research

12.00
Unit I: 
Techniques of Data Collection

• Types of Data: Primary and Secondary data
• Techniques of primary data collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire and Schedule
• Sources of Secondary data

12.00
Unit II: 
Techniques of Data Presentation

• Frequency distributions- types and shapes
• Tabular Presentation- Univariate, Bivariate and Multivariate
• Diagrammatic and Graphic Presentation of data

12.00
Unit III: 
Statistical Analysis of Data-Measures of Central Tendency

• Mean (arithmetic, geometric and harmonic),
• Median and
• Mode.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Statistical Analysis of Data- Measures of Variability

• Dispersion - Range, Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation.
• Skewness – Karl Pearson’s Coefficient

12.00
Unit V: 
Correlation and Regression

• Correlation (Product-moment and rank coefficient of correlation)
• Regression (fitting straight line trend using least-square method)

Essential Readings: 

• Gupta, S.P., Statistical Methods (Recent Edition), S.Chand and Sons, New Delhi.
• Gupta, S.C. and V.K. Kapoor (2005), Fundamentals of Applied Statistics, S.Chand and Sons, New Delhi
• Croxton , F.E., D.J.Cowden and S. Klein(1973), Applied General Statistics, Prentice Hall ,New Delhi.
• Speigel, M.R. (2002),Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Statistics, McGraw Hill Book, London.
• Speigel, M.R. and Larry J. Stephens (2002), Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Statistics, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.
• Nagar, A.L. and R.K. Das, Basic Statistics , Oxford University Press, Bombay.

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