FST 156/6296  MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

 

Unit I (6 Lectures)

Introduction to statistics, Variables and Central Tendency. Measures of dispersion - Range , mean deviation, standard deviation, random variable and probability distribution.

 

Unit II (10 Lectures)

Normal distribution - Calculation of probability, mean and variance, standard normal curves, table values in normal distribution. Sample distribution - Random sample, sample mean, sample variance, distribution of sample mean, standard error of mean (SEM)

 

Unit III (8 Lectures)

Fundamentals of Chi-square distribution, t - distribution and f - distribution - their notation, curves, and able values.

Distribution of difference between sample means.

 

 Unit IV (10 Lectures)

 

Testing of hypothesis - null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis - type I and type II errors. Level of significance, critical region. Normal deviate test - z- test, t- test, Fischer's t- test, Cocharan's t -test. Formula of test statistics and their application.

 

Unit V (8 Lectures)

Analysis of variance - one way and two way classification, ANOVA table and calculations. Correlation and regression analysis - Calculation and testing of hypothesis. Testing of hypothesis in linear and multiple regression analysis. 

 

References

1. Elementary Statistics                                      Allan G. Bluman

2 .Fundamental of Mathematical Statistics        S.C. Gupta

3. Essentials of Statistics                                    David Brink