Fundamentals of statistics / S. C. Gupta.

1. Introduction - meaning and scope;
2. Collection of data;
3. Classification and tabulation;
4. Diagrammatic and graphic representation;
5. Average or measure of central tendency;
6. Measures of dispersion;
7. Skewness, moments and kurtosis;
8. Correlation analysis;
9. Linear regression analysis;
10. Index number;
11. Time series analysis;
12. Theory of probability;
13. Random variable , probability distributions and mathematical expection;
14. Theoretical distributions;
15. Sampling theory and design of sample surveys;
16. Theory of estimation and testing of hypothesis ;
17. Large sample tests;
18. Chi-square test;
19. Tests of significance base on t, f, and z distributions;
20. Interpolation and extrapolation;
21. Statistical quality control;
22. Theory of attributes;
23. Analysis of variance;
24. Interpretation of data and statistical fallacies;
25. Statistical decision theory;
26.Non-Parametric methods;
27. Multiple and partial correlations and regression analysis;

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