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KARNATAK
KARNATAKUNIVERSITY, DHARWAD
UNIVERSITY, DHARWAD

04 - Year B.Sc. (Hons.) Program

***
B.Sc. Programme
SYLLABUS
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Subject: STATISTICS
DRAFT SYLLABUS FOR
[Effective from 2021-22]
CHEMISTRY

DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC
SPECIFIC COURSE
CORE COURSE (DSC)FOR
(DSCC) and SEM I & II,

DISCIPLINE
OPEN SPECIFIC
ELECTIVE ELECTIVE(DSE)
COURSE (OEC) FOR SEM I & II and
UNDER
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC) FOR SEM I
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY(NEP)

*****

Effective from 2021-22

AS PER N E P - 2020

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 Karnatak University, Dharwad
Four Years Under Graduate Program in STATISTICS for B.Sc. (Hons.)
Effective from 2021-22

Sem Type of Theory/ Instruction Total Duration Formative Summat Total Credits
Assessme ive
Course Practical hour per hours of of Exam nt Marks Assess Marks
week Syllabus ment
/ Sem Marks

I DSCC 1 Theory 04hrs 56 02 hrs 40 60 100 04

Practical 04 hrs 52 03 hrs 25 25 50 02
OEC-1 Theory 03 hrs 42 02 hrs 40 60 100 03

*SEC-1 Practical 03 hrs 30 02 hrs 25 25 50 02

II Theory 04 hrs 56 02 hrs 40 60 100 04
DSCC2
Practical 04 hrs 52 03 hrs 25 25 50 02
OEC-2 Theory 03 hrs 42 02 hrs 40 60 100 03

Details of the other Semesters will be given later

* Student can opt digital fluency as SEC or the SEC of his/ her any one DSCC selected

Name of Course (Subject): STATISTICS

Programme Specific Outcome (PSO):
On completion of the 03/ 04 years Degree in STATISTICS students will be able to:

PSO 1 : To Acquire knowledge of different topics of Statistics and ability to apply to relevant areas,
scientific problems and basic analysis of data and interpretation.

PSO 2 : To provide a foundation of Statistics principles and business practices for effectively using Data
Science Techniques and enterprise software/packages.

PSO 3 : Be able to use modern scientific, engineering and IT tools or techniques such as use of Excel and
R tools for solving statistical problems related to the domain of interest.

PSO 4 : To specialize in Statistical Methods, Data Science, Machine Learning and its applications

PSO 5 : Be able to work effectively as an individual/ team member so as to build a multidisciplinary

team.

PSO 6 : To cater the needs of managing the business application

PSO 7 ; Be in a position to develop industrial applications

PSO 8 : Shall abide by the norms of professional ethics in respective disciplines

PSO 9 : Be able to communicate effectively with the stakeholders and give and receive clear instructions.

PSO 10 : Remains curious and enthusiastic in learning advanced knowledge in the respective discipline.

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 B.Sc. Semester – I
Subject: STATISTICS
Discipline Specific Course (DSC)

The course STATISTICS in I semester has two papers (Theory Paper –I for 04 credits & Practical Paper -II
for 2 credits) for 06 credits: Both the papers are compulsory. Details of the courses are as under.

Course No.-1 (Theory)

Course Type of Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Duration Formative Summative Total
Practical Lectures/Hours of Exam Assessment Assessment Marks
No. Course hour per Marks Marks
/ Semester
week
Course-
01
DSCC Theory 04 04 56 hrs 2hrs 40 60 100

Course No.1 (Theory): Title of the Course (Theory) : DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of course (Theory), students will be able to:

CO 1 Knowledge of introductory Statistics and its scope and importance in various areas such as
Medical, Engineering, Agricultural, Social Sciences, etc.
CO 2 Knowledge of various types of data, their organization and evaluation of summary measures
such as measures of central tendency, dispersion, etc.
CO 3 Knowledge of correlation and regression analysis, regression diagnostics, partial and multiple
correlations.
CO 4 Knowledge of types of data reflecting independence or association between two or more
attributes.
Syllabus- Course 1(Theory): Title- DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Total Hrs: 56
Unit-I : Introduction to Statistics 13 hrs
Statistics: Definition and scope. Concepts of population and sample (SRS,
Stratified, Systematic and Cluster sampling methods-brief description). Data:
quantitative and qualitative, cross-sectional and time-series, discrete and
continuous.
Scales of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. Presentation of
data: tabular and graphical. Frequency distributions, cumulative frequency
distributions and their graphical representations. Stem and leaf displays.
Unit-II Univariate Data Analysis 18 hrs
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, weighted mean, trimmed mean, Median,
Mode, Geometric and Harmonic means, properties, merits and limitations,
relation between these measures, partition values.
Measures of Dispersion: Range, Quartile deviation, Mean deviation, Standard
deviation and their relative measures. Gini’s Coefficient, Lorenz Curve.
Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis. Quantiles and measures based on them. Box
Plot. Outliers. Chebyshev’s inequality, normal data sets. (Ref.10)
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Unit-III Bivariate Data Analysis 15 hrs
Bivariate Data, Scatter plot, Correlation, types of correlation. Methods of
studying correlation: Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Rank correlation–
Spearman’s and Kendall’s measures. Concept of errors, Principle of least
squares, fitting of polynomial and exponential curves. Simple linear regression
and its properties. Fitting of linear regression line and coefficient of
determination. (Ref. 10)
Unit-IV Multivariate Data Analysis 10 hrs
Analysis of Categorical Data: Contingency table, independence and association
of attributes, measures of association - odds ratio, Pearson’s and Yule’s measure,
Multivariate Frequencies, Multivariate Data Visualization, mean vector and
dispersion matrix, Multiple linear regression, multiple and partial correlation
coefficients. Residual error variance.(Ref.7)

Books recommended.
1. Agresti, A. (2010). Analysis of Ordinal Categorical Data, 2nd Edition, Wiley.
2. Anderson T.W. and Jeremy D. Finn (1996). The New Statistical Analysis of Data, Springer
3. Freedman, D., Pisani, R. and Purves, R. (2014). Statistics, 4th Edition, W. W. Norton &
Company.
4. Gupta, S.C. (2018). Fundamental of Statistics, Himalaya Publishing House, 7th Edition.
5. Gupta S.C. and V.K. Kapoor (2020). Fundamental of Mathematical Statistics, Sultan Chand
and Co. 12th Edition.
6. Hogg, R. V. McKean J. W. and Craig, A. T. (2012). Introduction to Mathematical Statistics,
Pearson 7th Edition.
7. Joao Mendes Moreira, Andre C P L F de Carvalho, Tomas Horvath(2018). General
Introduction to Data Analytics, Wiley.
8. Johnson, R.A. and Bhattacharyya, G.K. (2006). Statistics: Principles and methods. 5th
Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
9. Medhi, J. (2005). Statistical Methods, New Age International.
10. Ross,S.M.(2014). Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists,
5thEdition, Academic Press.
11. Tukey, J.W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

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 B.Sc. Semester – I
Subject: STATISTICS
Discipline Specific Course (DSC)

Course No.-1 (Practical)

Course Type of Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Duration Formative Summative Total
Practical Lectures/Hours of Exam Assessment Assessment Marks
No. Course hour per Marks Marks
/ Semester
week
Course-
01 DSCC Practical 02 04 52 hrs 3hrs 25 25 50

Course No.1 (Practical): Title of the Course (Practical): Practicals (based on Descriptive
Statistics)
Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of course (Practical), students will be able to:

CO 1 Practical knowledge of handling various types of data, their organization and evaluation of
summary measures such as measures of central tendency, dispersion, etc.
CO 2 Practical knowledge of carrying out correlation and regression analysis, regression
diagnostics, partial and multiple correlations.
CO 3 Computing knowledge of types of data reflecting independence or association between two
or more attributes.
List of the Experiments for 52 hrs / Semesters

1. Presentation of data by frequency tables, diagrams and graphs, stem and leaf plot.
2. Arithmetic Mean (AM), Geometric mean, Harmonic mean, Weighted AM, Trimmed mean,
Corrected mean.
3. Mode, Median, Partition values.
4. Absolute and relative measures of dispersion, Box plots.
5. Problems on moments, skewness and kurtosis.
6. Fitting of curves by least squares method.
7. Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient and rank correlation.
8. Regression of two variables.
9. Multivariate Descriptive statistics, mean vector, dispersion matrix, correlation matrix, Partial
and Multiple correlation.
10. Problems on Association of attributes.

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General instructions:

Computation of all the practicals manually and using Excel

Scheme of Practical Examination (distribution of marks): 25 marks for Semester end

examination

Students have to attempt 3 practical questions out of four practical questions given, each
carrying 7 marks.

1. 7 Marks

2. 7 Marks

3. 7 Marks

4. Viva 2 Marks

5. Journal 2 Marks

Total 25 marks

Note: Same Scheme may be used for IA( Formative Assessment) examination

Books recommended.
1. Agresti, A. (2010). Analysis of Ordinal Categorical Data, 2nd Edition, Wiley.
2. Anderson T.W. and Jeremy D. Finn (1996). The New Statistical Analysis of Data, Springer
3. Freedman, D., Pisani, R. and Purves, R. (2014). Statistics, 4th Edition, W. W. Norton &
Company.
4. Gupta, S.C. (2018). Fundamental of Statistics, Himalaya Publishing House, 7th Edition.
5. Gupta, S.C. and V.K. Kapoor (2020). Fundamental of Mathematical Statistics, Sultan Chand
and Co. 12 th Edition.
6. Hogg, R. V. McKean J. W. and Craig, A. T. (2012). Introduction to Mathematical Statistics,
Pearson 7th Edition.
7. Joao Mendes Moreira, Andre C P L F de Carvalho, Tomas Horvath(2018). General
Introduction to Data Analytics, Wiley.
8. Johnson, R.A. and Bhattacharyya, G.K. (2006). Statistics: Principles and methods. 5th
Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
9. Medhi, J. (2005). Statistical Methods, New Age International.
10. Ross,S.M.(2014). Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists,
5thEdition, Academic Press.
11. Tukey, J.W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

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 B.Sc. Semester – I
Subject: STATISTICS
Open Elective Course (OEC-1)
(OEC for other students)

Course Type of Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Duration Formative Summative Total
No. Course Practical hour per Lectures/Hours of Exam Assessment
Assessmen Marks
week / Semester Marks
t Marks

OEC-1
OEC Theory 03 03 42 hrs 2hrs 40 60 100

OEC-1: Title of the Course: STATISTICAL METHODS

Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of course, students will be able to:

CO 1 : Acquire knowledge of statistical methods.

CO 2 : Identify types of data and visualization, analysis and interpretation.

CO 3 : Know about elementary probability and probability models.

CO 4 : Employ suitable test procedures for given data set.

Syllabus- OEC: Title- STATISTICAL METHODS Total Hrs: 42

Unit-I Introduction to Statistics, Univariate and Bivariate Data Analysis 16 hrs
Definition and scope of Statistics. Data: quantitative and qualitative, attributes,
variables, scales of measurement - nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio.
Presentation: tabular and graphic, including histogram and ogives. Concepts of
population and sample. Sampling from finite population - Simple random
sampling, Stratified and systematic random sampling procedures (definitions and
methods only). Concepts of sampling and non-sampling errors.
Measures of Central Tendency: mathematical and positional. Measures of
Dispersion: range, quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation,
coefficient of variation, moments, skewness and kurtosis.
Bivariate data, scatter diagram, Correlation, Karl-Pearson’s correlation
coefficient, Rank correlation. Simple linear regression.

Unit-II Probability and Distributions 14 hrs

Probability: Random experiment, sample space, events, mutually exclusive,
equally likely and exhaustive events. Classical, statistical and axiomatic
definitions of probability, addition and multiplication theorems, Bayes theorem
(only statements). Discrete and continuous random variables, probability mass
functions and probability density functions, distribution functions, expectation of
a random variable.
Standard univariate distributions: Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions
(Elementary properties and applications only).

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Unit-III Sampling Distributions and Testing of Hypothesis 12 hrs
Distribution of sample mean from a normal population, Chi-square, t and F
distributions (No derivations) and their applications.
Statistical Hypothesis – null and alternative hypothesis, simple and composite
hypothesis. Type I and Type II errors, level of significance, critical region, p-
value and its interpretation.
Test for single mean, equality of two means, single variance, and equality of two
variances for normal populations.

Books recommended.
1. Daniel, W. W. (2007). Biostatistics - A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences,
Wiley
2. T.W. Anderson and Jeremy D. Finn (1996). The New Statistical Analysis of Data, Springer.
3. Mukhyopadyaya P. (1999). Applied Statistics, New Central book Agency, Calcutta.
4. Ross S. M. (2014). Introduction to Probability and Statistics For Engineers and Scientists, 5 th
Edition, Academic Press.
5. Cochran, W G (1984). Sampling Techniques, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi.

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 B.Sc. Semester - I
Subject: STATISTICS
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)-I

Title of Paper: DATA ANALYSIS WITH SPSS – I

Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Mode of Duration of Formative Summative Total
Type of
Course Practical hour per Lectures/Hours Examina Exam Assessment
Assessmen Marks
week / Semester tion Marks
t Marks

Theory + 2hr
SEC-I 02 03hrs 30 Practical 25 25 50
Practical

Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of Skill Enhancement course, students will be able to:

CO 1 Frame and formulate management decision problems.

CO 2 Understand the basic concepts underlying quantitative analysis.
CO 3 Use sound judgment in the applications of quantitative methods to management decisions.

Theory /List of the Experiments for 30 hrs / Semesters

STATSEC 1.1: Data Analysis with SPSS – I 30 Hrs

(10 hrs theory
+ 20 hrs practicals)
Unit –1 Introduction 2+4
Need of SPSS, preparation of coding sheet of the questionnaire, defining
the type of variable and data, constructing the database – defining variable
name, type of variable, width of variable name, labeling, assigning the
numeric value to the characteristic, declare measurement of scale of data.
List of Practicals
Demonstration of SPSS : Overviews of SPSS
1. Construct the SPSS database containing 20 variables with String
characters for 10 observations, Explore Cross tabulation.

Unit – 2 Data Editing in SPSS 2+4

Enter the data based on type of data case wise for different variables,
defining the grouping of variable for repeated measures. Replacing the
missing value, transforming the data into same variable and different
variable, use of commands –Compute variables using different operators
and functions and saving of the data.
List of Practicals
2. Construct the SPSS database containing 20 variables with Numeric
characters for 10 observations and Explore Levels of Measurement,
Graphs, Charts and Cross tabulation.

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Unit – 3 Univariate and Bivariate Data analysis 6+12
Calculation of Measures of central tendency, Dispersion, Karl-Pearson’s
correlation, Regression, Multiple linear regression.
List of Practicals
3. Explore Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Skewness and
Kurtosis
4. Explore Measures of Association, Explore Spuriousness, Explore
Correlation
5. Explore Bivariate Linear Regression, Explore Multiple Linear
Regression

General instructions:

Theory hour allotted is to be treated as instructional hour for the practical exercises.

Scheme of Practical Examination (distribution of marks): 25 marks for Semester end

examination.

1. Writing Procedure – 5 Marks

2. Creating Database – 10 Marks

3. Execution and presentation of Results - 5

4. Viva - 2 Marks

5. Journal - 3 Marks

Total 25 marks

Note: Same Scheme may be used for IA( Formative Assessment) examination

Books recommended.
1. Robert V. Hogg, Joseph W. McKean and Allen T. Craig (2007). Introduction to
Mathematical Statistics, Pearson Education, Asia.
2. Irwin Miller and Marylees Miller, John E. Freunds (2006). Mathematical Statistics with
Applications, 7th Ed., Pearson Education, Asia. .
3. Sheldon Ross (2007). Introduction to Probability Models, 9th Ed., Academic Press, Indian
Reprint.
4. Gardener, M (2012). Beginning R: The Statistical Programming Language, Wiley
Publications.
5. Cunningham, B.J (2012). Using SPSS: An Interactive Hands-on approach.

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 Details of Formative assessment (IA) for DSCC theory/OEC: 40% weight age for total marks

Type of Assessment Weight age Duration Commencement

Written test-1 10% 1 hr 8th Week
Written test-2 10% 1 hr 12th Week
Seminar 10% 10 minutes --
Case study / Assignment 10% ------ --
/ Field work / Project
work/ Activity
Total 40% of the maximum
marks allotted for the
paper

Faculty of Science
04 - Year UG Honors programme:2021-22

GENERAL PATTERN OF THEORY QUESTION PAPER FOR DSCC/ OEC

(60 marks for semester end Examination with 2 hrs duration)

Part-A
1. Question number 1-06 carries 2 marks each. Answer any 05 questions : 10marks

Part-B

2. Question number 07- 11 carries 05Marks each. Answer any 04 questions : 20 marks

Part-C

3. Question number 12-15 carries 10 Marks each. Answer any 03 questions : 30 marks

(Minimum 1 question from each unit and 10 marks question may have sub
questions for 7+3 or 6+4 or 5+5 if necessary)

Total: 60 Marks

Note: Proportionate weight age shall be given to each unit based on number of hours
prescribed.

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 B.Sc. Semester – II
Subject: STATISTICS
Discipline Specific Course (DSC)

The course STATISTICS in I semester has two papers (Theory Paper –I for 04 credits & Practical paper-II
for 2 credits) for 06 credits: Both the papers are compulsory. Details of the courses are as under.

Course No.-2 (Theory)

Course Type of Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Duration Formative Summative Total
No. Course Practical hour per Lectures/Hours of Exam Assessment
Assessmen Marks
week / Semester Marks
t Marks

Course-
02
DSCC Theory 04 04 56 hrs 2hrs 40 60 100

Course No.2 (Theory): Title of the Course (Theory ): PROBABILITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of course (Theory), students will be able to:

CO 1 Ability to distinguish between random and non-random experiments

CO 2 Knowledge to conceptualise the probabilities of events including frequentist and axiomatic

approach. Simultaneously they will learn the notion of conditional probability including the

concept of Bayes’ Theorem

CO 3 Knowledge related to concept of discrete and continuous random variables and their

probability distributions including expectation and moments

CO 4 Knowledge of important discrete and continuous distributions such as Binomial, Poisson,

normal distributions.

CO 5 Knowledge on R-programming in the descriptive statistics and probability models.

CO 6 Students will be able to write and execute R-code for basics of probability and statistics.

Syllabus- Course 2(Theory): Title- PROBABILITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS Total Hrs: 56

Unit-I Probability 15 hrs
Random experiment, sample space and events, algebra of events. Definitions of
Probability- Classical, statistical, subjective and axiomatic approaches –
illustrations and applications, Addition rule, Conditional probability,
independence of events and multiplication rule, Total probability rule, Bayes
theorem- applications.

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Unit-II Random Variables And Mathematical Expectation (One Dimension) 14 hrs
Definitions of discrete and continuous random variables, Distribution function,
probability mass and density functions – properties and illustrations, Expectation
of a random variable and rules of expectation and related results, Moments and
moment generating function – properties and uses.
Unit-III Standard Distributions 13 hrs
Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson distributions– mean, variance, moments. The
generating functions- m. g. f., c.g.f., and p.g.f., The recursive relations for
probabilities and moments of Binomial and Poisson distributions. Normal
distribution and its properties.
Unit-IV Data Analysis Using R- programming 14 hrs
Introduction to R: Installation, command line environment, overview of
capabilities, brief mention of open source philosophy. R as a calculator: The four
basic arithmetic operations. Use of parentheses nesting up to arbitrary level. The
power operation. Evaluation of simple expressions. Quotient and remainder
operations for integers. Standard functions, e.g., sin, cos, exp, log, etc. The
different types of numbers in R: Division by zero leading to Infor -Inf. NaN. NA.
No need to go into details. Variables. Creating a vector using c(), seq() and colon
operator. How functions map over vectors. Functions to summarize a vector:
sum, mean, sd, median etc. Extracting a subset from the vector (by index, by
property). R as a graphing calculator: Introduction to plotting functions plot(),
lines(), abline(). No details about the graphics parameters except colour and line
width. Barplot, Pie chart and Histogram. Box plot. Scatter plot and simple linear
regression using lm(y~x). Problems on discrete and continuous probability
distributions.

Books recommended.
1. Dudewitz. E.J.and Mishra.S.N. (1998). Modern Mathematical Statistics. John Wiley

2. Goon A.M., Gupta M.K., Das Gupta .B. (1991). Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol.I, World
Press, Calcutta.
3. Gupta. S.C and V.K. Kapoor (2020). Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics, Sultan Chand
and Co,12th Edition.

4. Hogg, R.V., Tanis, E.A. and Rao J.M. (2009). Probability and Statistical Inference,
Seventh Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
5. Mood, A.M., Graybill, F.A. and Boes, D.C. (2007). Introduction to the Theory of Statistics,
3rd Edition. (Reprint), Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd.
6. Ross, S. (2002),A First Course in Probability, Prentice Hall.
7. Sudha G.Purohit, Sharad D. Gore, Shailaja R Deshmukh,(2009). Statistics Using R, Narosa
Publishing House.
8. R for beginners by Emmanuel Paradis (freely available at https://cran.r-
project.org/doc/contrib/Paradisrdebuts_en.pdf)
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 B.Sc. Semester – II
Subject: STATISTICS
Discipline Specific Course (DSC)

Course No.-2 (Practical)

Course Type of Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Duration Formative Summative Total
No. Course Practical hour per Lectures/Hours of Exam Assessment
Assessmen Marks
week / Semester Marks
t Marks

Course- Practic
02 DSCC 02 04 52 hrs 3hrs 25 25 50
al

Course No.2 (Practical): Title of the Course (Practical): PRACTICALS (based on Probability and
Distributions)

Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of course (Practical), students will be able to:

CO 1 Practical knowledge of computing the probabilities, conditional probability including the

concept of Bayes’ Theorem
CO 2 Knowledge of computing discrete and continuous probability distributions such as Binomial,
Poisson, normal distributions including expectation and moments.
CO 3 Practical knowledge of using R-programming in computing the descriptive statistics and
probability models.

List of the Experiments for 52 hrs / Semesters

1. Two exercise on Descriptive statistics (Presentations, Summarizations, correlations,

regression and Graphs using R)
2. Computing probability: using addition and multiplication theorems.
3. Conditional probability and Bayes' theorem.
4. Problems on pmf, expectation, variance, quantiles, skewness, kurtosis(Discrete Case).
5. Problems on pdf, expectation, variance, quantiles, skewness, kurtosis (Continuous case).
6. Problems on discrete probability distributions (Binomial and Poisson)
7. Problems on Normal probability distributions
8. Computation of moments and Moment generating functions (Discrete and Continuous Case).
9. Fitting of distributions Binomial, Poisson, Normal distributions.
10. Generation of random samples. (Binomial, Poisson, Normal)
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General instructions:

Computation of all the practicals manually and using Excel/R

Scheme of Practical Examination (distribution of marks): 25 marks for Semester end

examination

Students have to attempt 3 practical questions out of four practical questions given, each
carrying 7 marks.

1. 7 Marks

2. 7 Marks

3. 7 Marks

4. Viva 2 Marks

5. Journal 2 Marks

Total 25 marks

Note: Same Scheme may be used for IA( Formative Assessment) examination

Books recommended.
1. Dudewitz. E.J.and Mishra.S.N. (1998). Modern Mathematical Statistics. John Wiley

2. Goon A.M., Gupta M.K., Das Gupta .B. (1991). Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol.I, World
Press, Calcutta.
3. Gupta. S.C and V.K. Kapoor (2020). Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics, Sultan Chand
and Co,12th Edition.

4. Hogg, R.V., Tanis, E.A. and Rao J.M. (2009). Probability and Statistical Inference,
Seventh Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
5. Mood, A.M., Graybill, F.A. and Boes, D.C. (2007). Introduction to the Theory of Statistics,
3rd Edition. (Reprint), Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd.
6. Ross, S. (2002),A First Course in Probability, Prentice Hall.
7. Sudha G.Purohit, Sharad D. Gore, Shailaja R Deshmukh,(2009). Statistics Using R, Narosa
Publishing House.
8. R for beginners by Emmanuel Paradis (freely available at https://cran.r-
project.org/doc/contrib/Paradisrdebuts_en.pdf)

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 B.Sc. Semester – II
Subject: STATISTICS
Open Elective Course (OEC-2)
(OEC for other students)

Course Type of Theory / Credits Instruction Total No. of Duration Formative Summative Total
No. Course Practical hour per Lectures/Hours of Exam Assessment
Assessmen Marks
week / Semester Marks
t Marks

OEC-2
OEC Theory 03 03 42 hrs 2hrs 40 60 100

OEC-2: Title of the Course BUSINESS STATISTICS

Course Outcome (CO):

After completion of course, students will be able to:

CO 1 Acquire knowledge of statistical methods.

CO 2 Identify types of data and visualization, analysis and interpretation.

CO 3 Know about elementary probability and probability models.

CO 4 Employ suitable test procedures for given data set.

Syllabus- OEC: Title- BUSINESS STATISTICS Total Hrs: 42

Unit-I Statistical Data and Descriptive Statistics 12 hrs
Nature and Classification of data: univariate, bivariate and multivariate data;
time-series and cross-sectional data. Measures of Central Tendency:
mathematical averages including arithmetic mean, geometric mean and harmonic
mean, properties and applications. Positional Averages Mode and Median (and
other partition values including quartiles, deciles, and percentiles). Measures of
Variation: absolute and relative. Range, quartile deviation, mean deviation,
standard deviation, and their coefficients, Properties of standard
deviation/variance Skewness: Meaning, Measurement using Karl Pearson and
Bowley’s measures; Concept of Kurtosis.
Unit-II Simple Correlation and Regression Analysis 10 hrs
Correlation Analysis: Meaning of Correlation: simple, multiple and partial;
linear and non-linear, Correlation and Causation, Scatter diagram, Pearson’s co-
efficient of correlation; calculation and properties (Proof not required).
Correlation and Probable error; Rank Correlation.
Regression Analysis: Principle of least squares and regression lines, Regression
equations and estimation; Properties of regression coefficients; Relationship
between Correlation and Regression coefficients; Standard Error of estimate
and its use in interpreting the results.

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Unit-III Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis 20 hrs
Index Number: Definition, Problems involved in the construction of index
numbers, methods of constructing index numbers of prices and quantities, simple
aggregate and price relatives method, weighted aggregate and weighted average
of relatives method, important types of weighted index numbers: Laspeyre’s,
Paasche’s, Bowley’s, Marshall- Edgeworth, Fisher’s, method of obtaining price
and quantity index numbers, tests of consistency of index numbers, time reversal
test and factor reversal test for index numbers, Uses and limitations of index
numbers. Consumer price index number: Problems involved in the construction
of cost of living index number, advantages and disadvantages, Aggregative
expenditure method and Family budget method for the construction of consumer
price index numbers. Applications of Cost of Living Index numbers. Definition
and measurement of Inflation rate – CPI and GNP Deflator.
Time Series Analysis: Introduction, definition and components of Time series,
illustrations, Additive, Multiplicative and mixed models, analysis of time series,
methods of studying time series: Secular trend, method of moving averages, least
squares method – linear, quadratic, exponential trend fittings to the data.
Seasonal variation - definition, illustrations, measurements, simple average
method, ratio to moving average method, ratio to trend method, link relatives
method, Cyclical variation- definition, distinction from seasonal variation,
Irregular variation- definition, illustrations.
Books recommended.
1. Levin, Richard, David S. Rubin, Sanjay Rastogi, and H M Siddiqui (2012). Statistics for
Management. 7th edition, Pearson Education.
2. David M. Levine, Mark L. Berenson, Timothy C. Krehbiel, P. K.Viswanathan (2017).
Business Statistics: A First Course, Pearson Education.
3. Siegel Andrew F. (2012). Practical Business Statistics. McGraw Hill Education.
4. Vohra N. D. (2017). Business Statistics, McGraw Hill Education.
5. Murray R Spiegel, Larry J. Stephens, Narinder Kumar (2017). Statistics (Schaum’s Outline
Series), Mc-Graw Hill Education.
6. Gupta S.C. (2018). Fundamentals of Statistics. Himalaya Publishing House, 7th edition.
7. Anderson, Sweeney, and Williams (2015). Statistics for Business and Economics, Cenage
Learning.

Details of Formative assessment (IA) for DSCC theory/OEC: 40% weight age for total marks

Type of Assessment Weight age Duration Commencement

Written test-1 10% 1 hr 8th Week
Written test-2 10% 1 hr 12th Week
Seminar 10% 10 minutes --
Case study / Assignment / Field 10% ------ --
work / Project work/ Activity
Total 40% of the maximum marks
allotted for the paper
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 Faculty of Science
04 - Year UG Honors programme:2021-22

GENERAL PATTERN OF THEORY QUESTION PAPER FOR DSCC/ OEC

(60 marks for semester end Examination with 2 hrs duration)

Part-A
1. Question number 1-06 carries 2 marks each. Answer any 05 questions : 10marks

Part-B

2. Question number 07- 11 carries 05Marks each. Answer any 04 questions : 20 marks

Part-C

3. Question number 12-15 carries 10 Marks each. Answer any 03 questions : 30 marks

(Minimum 1 question from each unit and 10 marks question may have sub
questions for 7+3 or 6+4 or 5+5 if necessary)

Total: 60 Marks

Note: Proportionate weight age shall be given to each unit based on number of hours
prescribed.

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