Semester - V , GE - BASIC STATISTICS Syllabus (w.e.f 2021-2022, OU)
B.A/B.Sc. III Year V Semester (CBCS) : Statistics Syllabus (With Mathematics Combination) (Examination at the end of Semester - V) Paper – VI - GE : Basic Statistics [4 HPW :: 4 Credits :: 100 Marks] UNIT I Introduction: Definition and scope of Statistics, concepts of statistical population and sample. Data: quantitative and qualitative, attributes, variables, scales of measurement - nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. Presentation: tabular and graphic, including histogram and ogives. UNIT II Measures of Central Tendency: mathematical and positional. Measures of Dispersion: range, quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, moments, skewness and kurtosis. UNIT III Bivariate data: Definition, scatter diagram, simple, partial and multiple correlation (3 variables only), rank correlation. Simple linear regression, principle of least squares and fitting of polynomials and exponential curves. UNIT IV Theory of attributes, consistency of data, indepen