FSAC 14022

>< Type/Status : Faculty of Science Auxiliary Course Unit
>< Title : Statistics for Natural Sciences
>< Objectives : After following the course students will be able to design random experiments and analyze the data obtained from the experiments using appropriate statistical methods.
>< Course Content :

Introductory concepts, Descriptive statistics, An introduction to probability, Some important probability distributions, Sampling Techniques, Parametric Inference: Inferences associated with a single population, Inferences associated with two populations, Goodness-Of-fit tests, Correlation and Regression analysis, An introduction to analysis of variance procedures, Nonparametric statistical methods.

>< Methodology : A combination of lectures and assignments.
>< Scheme of Evaluation : End of course written examination and assignments.
>< Recommended Reading :
1.Anderson, D.R, Sweeney, D.J. and Williams, T.A, (1991) Introduction to Statistics Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition-West Publishing Company.
2.McClave, J.T., Dietriich, F.H. and Sincich, T.(1997) Statistics. 7th Edition- Printice Hall.
3.Runyon, R.P., Haber, A., Pittenger D.J. and Coleman, K.A., (1996) Fundamentals of Behavioral Statistics. 8th Edition – McGraw Hill.

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