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STATISTICAL THEORY PART-1 (3rd Semester)

Statistical theory part 1

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course deals with statistical concepts, such as data presentation, graphs, measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation, and index numbers.

 COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, students will be able to collect, present and analyze the data. More specifically, the course will equip students to

  •   Understand techniques of data collection and data presentation
  •   Analyze data by using statistical techniques 
  •  Communicate the results of statistical work, and more specifically write up the results of statistical analysis in a report consisting of a non-technical abstract for decision makers, so that they can improve their decisions.

  COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

 Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  •  UNDERSTAND and be able to CALCULATE basic statistical concepts(tabular and graphic representation of data, measures of central tendency, dispersion and asymmetry, correlation)
  •   APPLY knowledge to SOLVE simple tasks using computer software, such as MS Excel, SPSS. 3. based

  • Recommended Books
    • 1. A basic course in statistics / G.M. Clarke, D. Cooke. Edition: 5th
    • ed. Publisher: London : John Wiley, 2004
    • 2. Chaudhry, S.M.and Kamal, S. (2008), “Introduction to Statistical
    • Theory” Parts I & II, 8th ed, Ilmi Kitab Khana, Lahore, Pakistan.
    • 3. Mann, P. S. (2010) Introductory Statistics. Wiley.
    • 4. Mclave, J.T.,Benson, P.G. and Snitch, T. (2005) “Statistics for
    • Business & Economics” 9th ed. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
    • 5. Schaum's outline of theory and problems of beginning statistics /
    • Larry J. Stephens. Edition: 2nd ed. Publisher: New York : McGraw-
    • Hill, 2006
    • 6. Spiegel, M.R., Schiller, J.L. and Sirinivasan, R.L. (2000)
    • “Probability and Statistics”, 2nd ed. Schaums Outlines Series.
    • McGraw Hill. NY.
    • 7. Sullivan, M., Fundamentals of statistics, III. Edition: 3rd ed.
    • Publisher: Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011.
    • 8. Walpole, R.E., Myers, R.H and Myers, S.L. (1998), “Probability and
    • Statistics for Engineers and Scientist” 6th edition, Prentice Hall, NY.
    • 9. Weiss, N.A.(1997), “Introductory Statistics” 4th ed. Addison-WesleyPub. Company, Inc.
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