C - Stat 101 Stat 102
C - Stat 101 Stat 102
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Course Outline
Meaning of Descriptive and Inferential statistics. Population and Sample. Types of variables,
Measurement Scales. Sources of Statistical data in Pakistan. Description of data by frequency
tables and graphs. Stem and Leaf plots and Box plots. Measures of Central Tendency. A.M.
H.M. G.M., Mode, Median, Quantiles. Properties of Mean with proofs. Weighted Arithmetic
Mean. Empirical Relation between Mean. Median and Mode. Relative Merits and Demerits
of various averages. Measures of Dispersion: Absolute and Relative Measures, Range. Semi-
Inter Quartile Range, Mean Deviation, Variance, Standard Deviation. Coefficient of
Variation, Coefficient of Mean Deviation, Coefficient of Quartile Deviations, Properties of
Variance and Standard Deviation with proofs. Standardized variables, Moments, Moment
Ratios, Sheppards Correction, Kurtosis and Skewness.
Recommended Books
1. Chaudhry, S.M. & Kamal, S. (2010). Introduction to Statistical Theory Part I, Ilmi
Kitab Khana, Urdu Bazar, Lahore.
2. Wonnacott, T.H. and Wonnacott, R.J. (1998). Introductory Statistics, John Willy &
Sons, New York.
3. Clarke G. & Cooke D. (1998). A basic Course in Statistics, Arnold Publisher, London,
4th Edition.
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