University of Madras - Syllabus of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Statistics - Allied - Practicals - Bio-Statistics I and II
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN STATISTICS
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
SYLLABUS
Allied - Practicals - Bio-Statistics I and II
Max: 50 Marks
Record of practical: 10 Marks
Practical Exam: 40 Marks
Duration: 3 Hrs.
NOTE:
Use of scientific calculator may be permitted for Mathematical Statistics for practical examniation. Statistical and Mathematical tables are to he provided to the students at the examination hall.
1. construction of univariate distribution with sample size not exceeding 200. Diagrammatic & statistical representation of data
2. Numerical computation of measures of central tendency. Measures of Dispersion
(relative and absolute) - Measures of Skewness.
3. Fitting of Binomial and Poisson distributions and testing of goodness of fit.
4. Computations of correlation coefficients - regression lines - rank correlation coefficients.
5. Curve fitting by the method of Least-squares
(i) y = ax + b ; (ii) y = ax
2 + bx + c ; (iii) y = ae
bx ; (iv) y = ax
b
6. Asymptotic and exact test based on Normal, t and F distributions.
7. Chi-square test for independence of attributes and its applications to biological
studies.
8. Analysis of variance - One-Way and two-way classifications.
9. Analysis of CRD, RBD and LSD.
10. Non-parametric test.