I Semester Complementary Statistics - Course I Basic Statistics
I Semester Complementary Statistics - Course I Basic Statistics
Basic Statistics
Hours per week 4
Module I
Introduction to Statistics, Population and Sample, Collection of Data, Various
methods of data collection, Census and Sampling Methods of Sampling Simple
Random Sampling (with and without replacement) stratified sampling systematic
sampling (Method only), Types of data quantitative, qualitative, Classification and
Tabulation, Diagrammatic representation Bar diagram, pie diagram; pictogram and
cartogram, Graphical representation histogram; frequency polygon; frequency curve;
ogives and stem and leaf chart.
Module II
Measures of Central Tendency Mean; Median; Mode; Geometric Mean; Harmonic
Mean and Properties, Absolute and Relative measures of Dispersion Range, Quartile
Deviation, Percentiles, Deciles, Box Plot, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation,
Coefficient of Variation.
Module III
Idea of Permutations and Combinations, Probability Concepts Random Experiment,
Sample Space, Events, Probability Measure, Approaches to Probability Classical,
Statistical and Axiomatic, Addition Theorem (upto 3 evens) Conditional Probability,
Independence of events, Multiplication theorem (upto 3 events), Total Probability
Law, Bayes Theorem and its
applications.
Module IV
Index Numbers definition, Simple Index Numbers; Weighted Index Numbers
Laspeyers Paasches and Fishers Index Numbers, Test of Index Numbers, Construction
of Index Numbers, Cost of Living Index Numbers Family Budget Method, Aggregate
Expenditure Method.
Core Reference
1. S.P. Gupta: Statistical Methods (Sultan Chand & Sons Delhi).
2. S.C. Gupta and V.K. Kapoor: Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics, Sultan Chand and
Sons.
3. B.L. Agarwal: Basic Statistics, New Age International (p) Ltd.
Additional References
1. Parimal Mukhopadhya: Mathematical Statistics, New Central Book Agency (p) Ltd,
Calcutta
2. Murthy M.N.: Sampling theory and Methods, Statistical Publishing Society, Calcutta.
Raw Moments, Central Moments, Absolute Moments, Inter Relationships (First Four
Moments), Skewness Measures Pearson, Bowley and Moment Measure KurtosisMeasures of Kurtosis Moment Measure, Measure based on partition values.
Module IV
Core Reference
Additional References
1. V.K. Rohatgi: An Introduction to Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Wiley
Eastern.
2. Mood A.M., Graybill F.A. and Boes D.C. Introduction to Theory of Statistics, McGraw
Hill.
3. B.R. Bhat, Modern Probability Theory, New Age International (p) Ltd.
Continuous distributions Uniform; Exponential; Gamma; Beta (type I and II); Normal;
Standard Normal definitions, Mean, Variance, m.g.f., Additive property, Memory
lessness property of exponential distribution Fitting of Normal, Use of Standard
Normal Tables for Computation of Various Probabilities.
Module III
Law of large Numbers, Tchebycheffs Inequality, Weak Law of Large Numbers,
Bernoullis Law of Large Numbers, Central Limit Theorem (Lindberg-Levy form)
without proof.
Module IV
Small sample tests Normal, t test, Chi-square test, F test, analysis of Variance (one
way classification).