Subject Introduction to Statistics

Course Title: Introduction to Statistics

Course Code: STAT-301

Credit Hours: 3 (3-0)

Course Contents:

• The Nature and Scope of Statistics
• Variables and Their Types
• Data and Its Sources
• Scales of Measurement
• Tabulation and Classification of Data
• Graphs and Charts:
  • Stem-and-Leaf Diagram
  • Box and Whisker Plots and Their Interpretation
• Measures of Central Tendency and Quantiles
• Measures of Dispersion:
  • Properties, Usage, Limitations, and Comparison
• Moments, Measures of Skewness and Kurtosis, and Distribution Shapes
• Rates and Ratios, Standardized Scores
• Index Numbers:
  • Construction and Uses of Index Numbers
  • Unweighted Index Numbers:
    • Simple Aggregative Index
    • Average of Relative Price Index Numbers
  • Weighted Index Numbers:
    • Laspeyres’ Index
    • Paasche’s Index
    • Fisher’s Ideal Index Numbers
  • Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Sensitive Price Indicators

Recommended Books:

1. Clarke, G. M., & Cooke, D. (1978). A Basic Course in Statistics (No. 519.5 C53).
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. Spiegel, M. R., Schiller, J. L., & Srinivasan, R. L. (2000). Probability and Statistics, 2nd ed., Schaum’s Outlines Series, McGraw-Hill, NY.
5. Walpole, R. E., Myers, R. H., & Myers, S. L. (1998). Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 6th ed., Prentice Hall, NY.
6. Zaman, A. (2016). Introduction to Statistics (Online access for book and related data sets).
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