UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN STATISTICS
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Allied - Paper II - Statistical Methods and Their Applications II

Note:

The emphasis is solely upon the applicational understanding and practice of statistical methods, with specific reference to problems in physical, natural, and earth sciences.

UNIT - 1:

Bivariate frequency table and its uses - scatter diagram - Regression lines - linear prediction - Rank correlation coefficient - curve fitting by the method of least squares.

UNIT - 2:

Standard distributions - Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions - Fitting of distributions.

UNIT - 3:

Concept of sampling distributions - standard error - Tests of significance based on t, Chi-square arid F - distributions with respect to mean, variance and correlation coefficient. Theory of attributes and tests of independence in contingency table.

UNIT - 4:

Sampling from finite population - Simple random sampling, Stratified and systematic random sampling procedures - Estimation mean and total and their standard errors. Concepts of sampling and non-sampling errors.

UNIT - 5:

Principle of scientific experiments - Randomization, replication, and local control Analysis of variance - One way and two way classification Analysis of CRD and RBD - Latin square designs. Concepts of factorial experiments (without confounding).

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