Statistics for Social Sciences through SPSS

Paper Code: 
ECO 143
Credits: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Unit I: 
  • Introduction to SPSS
  • Graphical Representation of Data
  • Measures of Central Tendency
  • Measures of Dispersion
Unit II: 
  • Normal probability curve
  • Correlation
  • Regression Analysis
  • t-test: one sample t test,  two independent samples t test  and paired samples t test
Unit III: 
  • One-way ANOVA
  • Two Way  ANOVA
Unit IV: 

Non-parametric tests:

  • Chi-square test
  • Mann-Whitney U Test
  • Kruskal-Wallis H test
  • Wilcoxon test
  • Friedman test
Unit V: 
  • Introduction to Multivariate Analysis
  • Factor Analysis
  • Principal Component Analysis
References: 
  1. Hari Shankar Asthana and Braj Bhushan, Statistics for Social Sciences with SPSS Applications, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi
  2. Elliot T. Berkman and Steven P. Reise, A Conceptual Guide to Statistics Using SPSS(2011), SAGE
  3. Andy Field, Discovering Statistics using SPSS, SAGE, New Delhi, 2013 (4th Edition)
  4. Rajathi A and Chandran P, SPSS for You,  MJP Publishers, Chennai, 2010
Academic Session: 
2019-20
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