Data Analysis Techq.

Research Methodology
PART 8
Statistical Techniques for Processing &
Analysis of Data
M S Sridhar
Head, Library & Documentation
ISRO Satellite Centre
Bangalore 560017
E-mail: sridhar@isac.gov.in & mirlesridhar@gmail.com

Statistical techniques for processing & analysis of data
Synopsis 1. Introduction
1. Introduction to Research Statistics: what, why and
& Research methodology characteristics
2. Selection and formulation
of research problem 2. Statistic Types
3. Research design and Quantitative & Qualitative (Variable
plan & Attribute) data
4. Experimental designs
Descriptive & Inferential statistics
5. Sampling and sampling
strategy or plan 3. Processing & Analysis of data
6. Measurement and scaling ¾ Processing:
techniques
7. Data collection methods
1. Editing
and techniques 2. Coding
8. Testing of hypotheses 3. Classification
9. Statistical techniques for
processing & analysis of 4. Tabulation
data ¾ Analysis
10. Analysis, interpretation
and drawing inferences 1. Descriptive & inferential
11. Report writing 2. Correlational, causal &
multivariate …contd.
Research Methodology 8 M S Sridhar, ISRO 2

Statistical Techniques for Processing & Analysis of Data:contd.
Synopsis
1. Introduction to Research 4. Some processing techniques
& Research ¾Tally sheet / chart
methodology
2. Selection and formulation ¾ Presentation of data
of research problem
3. Research design and 9 Textual or descriptive
plan
4. Experimental designs
9 Tabular
5. Sampling and sampling 9 Diagrammatic/ graphical
strategy or plan
6. Measurement and scaling 5. Univariate analysis/
techniques measures
7. Data collection methods
and techniques ¾ Central tendency
8. Testing of hypotheses ¾ Dispersion
9. Statistical techniques for
processing & analysis of ¾ Asymmetry (skewness)
data
10. Analysis, interpretation 6. Bivariate & Multivariate
and drawing inferences analysis/ measures
11. Report writing
Statistics
•Science of statistics cannot be ignored by researcher
•Statistics is both singular and plural. As plural it means numerical
facts systematically collected and as singular it is the science of
collecting, classifying and using statistics
•It is a tool for designing research, processing & analysing data and
drawing inferences / conclusions
•It is also a double edged tool easily lending itself for abuse and
misuse
Abuse⇒ Poor data + Sophisticated techniques = Unreliable Result
Misuse⇒Honest facts (Hard data) + Poor techniques =
Impressions
Examples:
Percentage for very small sample
Using wrong average
Playing with probability
Scale & origin and proportion between ordinate & abscissa
Funny correlation
One-dimensional figure
Unmentioned base
Characteristics of Statistics
1. Aggregates of facts
2. Affected by multiple causes
3. Numerically expressed
4. Collected in a systematic manner
5. Collected for a predetermined purpose
6. Enumerated or estimated according to reasonable
standard of accuracy
7. Statistics must be placed in relation to each other
(context)

What statistics does?
1. Enables to present facts on a precise definite form
that helps in proper comprehension of what is stated.
Exact facts are more convincing than vague
statements
2. Helps to condense the mass of data into a few
numerical measures, i.e., summarises data and
presents meaningful overall information about a mass
of data
3. Helps in finding relationship between different factors
in testing the validity of assumed relationship
4. Helps in predicting the changes in one factor due to
the changes in another
5. Helps in formulation of plans and policies which
require the knowledge of further trends and hence
statistics plays vital role in decision making
Statistic types
• Deductive statistics describe a complete set of data
• Inductive statistics deal with a limited amount of data
like a sample
• Descriptive statistics ( & causal analysis) is concerned
with development of certain indices from the raw data
and causal analysis. Measures of central tendency and
measures of dispersion are typical descriptive
statistical measures
• Inferential (sampling / statistical) analysis: Inferential
statistics is used for (a) estimation of parameter values
(point and interval estimates) (b) testing of hypothesis
(using parametric / standard tests and non-parametric /
distribution-free tests) and (c) drawing inferences

Descriptive Statistics (Techniques)
1. Uni-dimension analysis (Mostly one variable)
(I) Central tendency - Mean, median, mode,
GM & HM
(ii) Dispersion - variance, standard deviation ,
mean deviation & range
(iii) Asymmetry (Skewness) & Kurtosis
(iv) Relationship - Pearson’s product moment
correlation, spearman’s rank order
correlation, Yule's coefficient of association
(v) Others - One way ANOVA, index numbers,
time series analysis, simple correlation &
regression analysis
Descriptive Statistics (Techniques) …contd.
2. Bivariate analysis
(I) Simple regression & correlation
(ii) Association of attributes
(iii)Two-way ANOVA
3. Multivariate analysis
(i)Multiple regression & correlation/partial correlation
(ii)Multiple Discriminate Analysis: Predicting an
entity’s possibility of belonging to a particular
group based on several predictors
(iii)Multi-ANOVA: Extension of two-way ANOVA;
ratio of among group variance to within group
variance
(iv)Canonical analysis : Simultaneously predicting a
set of dependent variables (both measurable &
non measurable)
(v)Factor analysis, cluster analysis, etc.
Quantitative and Qualitative (Variable and Attribute) Data
• Quantitative (or numerical) data
an expression of a property or quality in numerical terms
data measured and expressed in quantity
enables (i) precise measurement (ii) knowing trends or
changes over time, and (iii) comparison of trends or
individual units On the other hand,
• Qualitative (or categorical ) data
involves quality or kind with subjectivity
Variables data are quality characteristics that are
measurable values, i.e., they are measurable, normally
continuous and may take on any value
Attribute data are quality characteristics that are observed
to be either present or absent, conforming or not
conforming, i.e., they are countable, normally discrete and
integer

Processing and Analysis of Qualitative Data
When feel & flavour of the situation become important,
researchers resort to qualitative data (some times called
attribute data)
Qualitative data describe attributes of a single or a group of
persons that is important to record as accurately as
possible even though they cannot be measured in
quantitative terms.
More time & efforts are needed to collect & process qualitative
data. Such data are not amenable for statistical rules &
manipulations. However, Scaling techniques help
converting qualitative data into quantitative data. Usual data
reduction, synthesis and plotting trends are required but
differ substantially and extrapolation of finding is difficult. It
calls for sensitive interpretation & creative presentation.
Examples: Quotation from interview, open remarks in
questionnaire, case histories bringing evidence, content
analysis of verbatim material, etc. …contd.
Process and Analysis of Qualitative Data …contd.
Note: Identifying & coding recurring answers to open ended
questions help categorise key concepts & behaviour. May even
count & cross analyse (requires pattern discerning skill); even
unstructured depth interviews can be coded to summarise key
concepts & present in the form of master charts
Qualitative coding involves classifying data which are (i) not
originally created for research purpose and (ii) having very little
order
STEPS:
1. Initial formalisation with issues arising (build themes &
issues)
2. Systematically describing the contents (compiling a list of
key themes)
3. Indexing the data (note reflections for patterns, links, etc.) in
descriptions; interpreting in relation to objective; checking
the interpretation
4. Charting the data themes
5. Refining the charted material
6. Describing & discussing the emerging story

Processing and Analysis of Quantitative Data
¾ Quantitative data are numbers representing counts, ordering or
measurements can be described, summarised (data reduction),
aggregated, compared and manipulated arithmetically & statistically
¾ Levels of measurement (ie., nominal, ordinal, interval & ratio)
determine the kind of statistical techniques to be used
¾ Use of computer is necessary in many situations
1. Organisation and classification of data
2. Presentation of data
3. Analysis of data
Inferential (Sampling / Statistical) Analysis is concerned with
process of generalisation through estimation of parameter values
and testing of hypotheses
4. Interpretation of data
Inference: Data processing, analysis, presentation (presenting in
table, chart or graph) & interpretation (interpreting is to expound the
meaning) should lead to drawing inference, i.e., (i) Validation of
hypotheses and (ii) Realisation of objectives with respect to (a)
Relationship between variables (b) Discovering a fact (c)
Establishing a general or universal law
Processing and Analysis of Quantitative Qata …contd.
STEPS: 1. Data reduction : Reduce large batches & data
sets (a) to numerical summaries, tabular & graphical form
(b) to enable to ask questions about observed patterns
2. Data presentation 3. Exploratory data analysis 4.
Looking for relationships & trends 5. Graphical
presentation
PROCESSING (Aggregation & compression):
1. Editing : (i) Field editing (ii) Central editing
2. Coding: Assigning to a limited number of mutually
exclusive but exhaustive categories or classes
3. Classification: arranging data in groups or classed on the
basis of common characteristics (i) By attributes ( statistics
of attributes) (ii) By class intervals (statistics of variables)
Note:class limits, class intervals,magnitude, determination of
frequencies & number of classes (normally 5-15; size of class
interval, i = R / 1+3.3 log N Where R = Range & N = No. of items to
be grouped) are discussed later
Processing and Analysis of Quantitative Data
4. Tabulation/ Tabular Presentation :
To make voluminous data readily usable and easily comprehensible
three forms of presentation are possible
A. Textual (descriptive) presentation: When the quantity of data
is not too large and no difficulty in comprehending while going
through, textual presentation helps to emphasise certain points.
E.g. There are 30 students in the class and of which 10 (one-third)
are female students.
B.Tabular presentation: Summarising and displaying data in a
concise / compact and logical order for further analysis is the
purpose of tabulation. It is a statistical representation presenting as
a simple or complex table for summarising and comparing
frequencies, determining bases for and computing percentages,
etc. Note: While tabulating responses to questionnaire that
problems concerning the responses like ‘Don’t know’ and not
answered responses, computation of percentages, etc. have to be
handled carefully.
C. Diagrammatic presentation
Tabular Presentation of Data
Table organises data presenting in rows and columns
with cells containing data for further statistical
treatment and decision making. Four kinds of
classification used in tabulation are:
i) Qualitative classification based on qualitative
characteristics like status, nationality and gender
ii) Quantitative classification based on characteristics
measured quantitatively like age, height and income
(assigning class limits for the values forms classes)
iii) Temporal classification : Categorised according to
time (with time as classifying variable). E.g., hours,
days, weeks, months, years
iv) Spatial classification: Place as a classifying variable.
E.g. Village, town, block, district, state, country

Parts of Table
Table is conceptualised as data presented in rows and
columns along with some explanatory notes.
Tabulation can be one-way, two-way, or three-way
classification depending upon the number of
characteristics involved
i) Table number for identification purpose at the top or at
the beginning of the title of the table; Whole numbers
are used in ascending order; Subscripted numbers are
used if there are many tables
ii) Title, usually placed at the head, narrates about the
contents of the table; Clearly, briefly and carefully
worded so as to make interpretations from the table
clear and free from ambiguity
iii) Captions or column heading: are column
designations to explain figures of the column

Parts of Table …contd.
iv) Stab or row leadings (stab column) are designations
of the rows
v) Body of the table contains the actual data
vi) Unit of measurement: stated along with the title;
does not change throughout the table unless stated
when different units are used for rows and columns;
if stated figures are large, they are rounded up and
indicated
vii)Source Note at the bottom of the table to indicate
the source of data presented
viii)Foot Note is the last part of the table; explains the
specific feature of the data content, which is not
self explanatory and has not been explained earlier

Preparation of Frequency Distribution Table
1. Deciding number of classes: The rule of thumb is to have 5
to 15 classes. Know the range and variations in variable’s
value. Range is the difference between the largest and the
smallest value of the variable (i.e., It is the sum of all class
intervals or the number of classes multiplied by class
interval) (Class interval is the various intervals of the
variable chosen for classifying data)
2. Deciding size of each class : 1 and 2 are inter-linked
3. Determining the class limit : Choose a value less than the
minimum value of the variable as the lower limit of the first
class and a value greater than the maximum value of the
variable is the upper class limit for the last class.
Note: It is important to choose class limit in such a way that
mid-point or class mark of each class coincides, as far as
possible, with any value around which the data tend to be
concentrated, i.e., Class limits are chosen in such a way
that midpoint is close to average
Class Intervals in Frequency Tables
11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19
5 UNITS 5 UNITS
Even class-interval
A
& its mid point
10 15 20
LOWER MID-POINT UPPER
LIMIT LIMIT
11 12 13 14
B 2.5 UNITS 2.5 UNITS Odd class-interval

& its mid point
10 12.5 20
LOWER MID-POINT UPPER
LIMIT LIMIT
15

Preparation of Frequency Distribution contd.
Two methods for class limits: Exclusive & inclusive type class
intervals for determination of frequency of each class (see tally
sheet example given later)
(i) Exclusive method: Upper class limit of one class equals the
lower class limit of the next class. Suitable in case of data of a
continuous variable and here the upper class limit is excluded but
the lower class limit of a class is included in the interval
(ii) Inclusive method: Both class limits are parts of the class interval.
An adjustment in class interval is done if we found ‘gap’ or
discontinuing between the upper limit of a class and the lower limit
of the next class.
Divide the difference between the upper limit of first class and lower
limit of the second class by 2 and subtract it from all lower limits
and add it to all upper class limits.
Adjusted class mark = (Adjusted upper limit + Adjusted lower limit) /2
This adjustment restores continuity of data in the frequency
distribution
Preparation of Frequency Distribution contd.
4. Find the frequency of each class (i.e., how many times that
observation occurs in the row data) by tally marking. Frequency of an
observation is the number of times a certain observations occurs.
Frequency table gives the class intervals and the frequencies
associated with them
Loss of information: Frequency distribution summarises raw data to
make it concise and comprehensible, but does not show the details
that are found in raw data.
Bivariate Frequency distribution is a frequency distribution of two
variables (e.g.:No. of books in stock and budget of 10 libraries)
Frequency Distribution with unequal classes: Some classes having
either densely populated or sparsely populated observations, the
observations deviate more from their respective class marks than in
comparison to those in other classes. In such cases, unequal classes
are appropriate. They are formed in such a way that class marks
coincide, as far as possible, to a value around which the observations
in a class tend to concentrate, then in that case unequal class interval
is more appropriate.
Frequency array: For a discrete variable, the classification of its data
is known as a frequency array (e.g. No. of books in 10 libraries)
Analysis of Data
Computation of certain indices or measures, searching for patterns
of relationships, estimating values of unknown parameters, & testing
of hypothesis for inferences
1. Descriptive analysis : Largely the study of distributions of one
variable (uni-dimension); Univariate analysis → Two variables
Multivariate analysis → More than two variables
2. Inferential or statistical analysis :

• Correlation & causal analysis:
Joint variation of two or more variables is correlation analysis
How one or more variables affect another variable is causal
analysis
Functional relation existing between two or more variables is
regression analysis
• Multivariate analysis: Simultaneously analysing more than two
variables
• Multiple regression analysis: Predicting dependent variable based
on its covariance with all concerned independent variables
Tally (tabular) sheets /charts for frequency distribution of
qualitative, quantitative and grouped/ interval data
I. Single variable (Univariate measures)

1. Quantitative
(I) Simple data
(ii) Frequency distribution of grouped / interval data
2. Qualitative (Attributes)
II. Two or more variables (Bivariate & multivariate
measures)
1. Quantitative / Quantitative
(I) Simple (ii) Frequency distribution
2. Quantitative / Qualitative (Attributes)
(I) Simple (ii) Frequency distribution
3. Qualitative / Qualitative (Attributes)
examples of tabulation and tabular presentation follows
Table 8.1 (Quantitative data) Table 8.2 (Qualitative data) Frequency
Frequency distribution of distribution of qualification (educational
citations in technical reports level) of users

Qualification Tally Frequency
No. of Tally Frequency
(No. of
citations (No. of tech.
users)
reports)
Undergraduates ⎟⎟⎟⎟ ⎟ 6
0 ⎟⎟ 2
1 ⎟⎟⎟⎟ 4 Graduates ⎟⎟⎟⎟ ⎟⎟⎟⎟ 9
2 ⎟⎟⎟⎟ 5
Postgraduates ⎟⎟⎟⎟ ⎟⎟ 7
3 ⎟⎟⎟⎟ 4
4 ⎟⎟⎟⎟ ⎟⎟ 7
Doctorates ⎟⎟⎟ 3
5 ⎟⎟⎟⎟ ⎟⎟⎟ 8
Total 30 Total 25

Table 8.3: Frequency distribution of age of 66 users who used a
branch public library during an hour (Grouped/ interval data of
single variable) (Note that the raw data of age of individual users is
already grouped here)
Age in years Tally Frequency (No. of
(Groups/Classes) users)
< 11 11
11 – 20 14
21 – 30 16
31 – 40 12
41 – 50 6
51 - 60 3
> 60 4
Total 66

Table 8.4: No. of books Table 8.5: The daily visits of users
acquired by a library over last to a library during a week are
six years recorded and summarised
Year No. of Books Day Number of
acquired users
(Qualitative) (Quantitative) (Qualitative) (Quantitative)
2000 772
Monday 391
2001 910
Tuesday 247
2002 873
Wednesday 219
2003 747
Thursday 278
2004 832
Friday 362
2005 891
Saturday 96
Total 5025 Total 1593

Table 8.6: The frequency distribution of number of authors
per paper of 224 sample papers
No. of Authors No. of Papers
1 43
2 51
3 53
4 30
5 19
6 15
7 6
8 4
9 2
10 1
Total 224

Table 8.7: Total books (B), journals (J) and reports ( R)
issued out from a library counter in one hour are recorded
as below:
B B B J B B
B B J B B B
B B B B B B
B B B B B J
B R B B B J
A frequency table can be worked out for above data as shown below:
Document Tally Frequency Relative Cumulative Cumulative
Type (Number) frequency frequency relative
frequency
Books 20 0.8 20 0.8
Journal 4 0.16 24 0.96
Reports 1 0.04 25 1.0
Total 25 1.0

Table 8.7 contd.
Note: If the proportion of each type of document
(category) are of interest rather than actual numbers,
the same can be expressed in percentages or as
proportions as shown below:
Proportions of books, journals and reports issued from

a library in one hour is 20:4:1
OR
Type of Proportion of each type
document of document (%)
Books 80
Journal 16
Reports 4
Total 100
Table 8.8: Given below is a summarized table of the relevant
records retrieved from a database in response to six queries
Search Total Relevant % of relevant
No. Documents Documents records
Retrieved Retrieved Retrieved
1 79 21 26.6
2 18 10 55.6
3 20 11 55.0
4 123 48 39.0
5 6 8 50.0
6 109 48 44.0
Total 375 146
Note:Percentage of relevant records retrieved for each query gives better

picture about which query is more efficient than observing just
frequencies.

Table 8.9: Frequency distribution of borrowed use of books of a library over
four years
No. Times borrowed No. of Books Percentage Cumulative borrowed
(Quantitative) (Quantitative) Percentage
0 19887 57.12 57.12

1 4477 12.56 69.68
2 4047 11.93 81.61
3 1328 3.81 85.42
4 897 2.57 87.99
5 726 2.02 90.01
6 557 1.58 91.68
7 447 1.28 92.96
8 348 1.00 93.96
9 286 0.92 94.78
10 290 0.84 95.62
>10 1524 4.38 100.00

Table 8.10: The raw data of self-citations in a
sample of 10 technical reports are given below:
5 0 1 4 0
3 8 2 3 0
4 2 1 0 7
3 1 2 6 0
2 2 5 7 2
Frequency distribution of self-citations of technical reports:

No. of self- Frequency Less than (or equal) More than (or equal)
citations (No. of reports) cumulative frequency cumulative frequency
No. % % %
0 5 20 20 100
1 3 12 32 80
2 6 24 56 68
3 3 12 68 44
4 2 8 76 32
5 2 8 84 24
6 1 4 88 16
7 2 8 96 12
8 1 4 100 4
Total 25
Table 8.11: (Qualitative Data) Responses in the form of
True (T) or False (F) to a questionnaire (opinionnaire) is
tabulated and given along with qualitative raw data
True 17 T T T F F
False 8 F T T T T
No response 5 T T F F T
Total 30 F T F T T
T T T T F

Grouped or Interval Data
¾So far (except in Table 8.3) only discrete data are presented and
the number of cases/ items are also limited
¾As against discrete data, continuous data like heights of people,

have to be collected in groups or intervals, like height between 5’
and 5’5” for a meaningful analysis
¾Even large quantity of discrete data require compression and

reduction for meaningful observation, analysis and inferences
¾Table 8.12 in the next slide presents 50 observations and if we

create a frequency table of these discrete data it will have 22 lines
in the table as there are 22 different values 9ranging from Rs.10/-
to Rs.100/-). Such large tables are undesirable as they not only
take more time but also the resulting frequency table is less
appealing. In such situations, we transform discrete data into
grouped or interval data by creating manageable number of
classes or groups. Such data compression and reduction are
inevitable and worth despite some loss of accuracy (or data)
Table 8.12 : (Grouped or interval data) Raw data of prices
(in Rs.) of a set of 50 popular science books in Kannada
30 80 100 12 40
50 60 40 30 45
40 30 70 43 40
25 50 10 30 35
18 35 60 35 25
27 25 25 30 30
35 35 14 32 35
25 30 40 15 30
20 16 13 30 60
20 65 60 40 10
Frequency distribution of grouped or interval data of Table 8.12
No. of
Price in Rs. books
10 1 Mean = Rs. 35.9
12 1 Median = Rs. 33.5
13 1 Mode = Rs. 30
14 1
15 1
16 1
18 1
20 2
25 5
27 1
30 9
32 1
35 6
40 6
43 1
45 1
50 2
60 4
65 1
70 1
80 1
100 1
Frequency distribution of grouped or interval data of
price (in Rs.) of popular science books in Kannada
(Table 8.12) :
Price (in Rs.) (class) Frequency (f) (No. of books)
1 - 10 2
11 - 20 8
21 - 30 15
31 - 40 13
41 - 50 4
51 - 60 4
61 - 70 2
71 - 80 1
81 - 90 0
91 -100 1
Total 50
Home work
Work out a frequency table with less than cumulative
and more than cumulative frequencies for the raw
data of number of words per line in a book given
below :
12 10 12 09 11 10 13 13
07 11 10 10 09 10 12 11
01 10 13 10 15 13 11 12
08 13 11 10 08 12 13 11
09 11 14 12 07 12 11 10

Diagrammatic/ Graphical Presentation
¾ quickest understanding of the actual Three important kinds
situation to be explained by data of diagrams:
compared to textual or tabular
i) Geometric diagram
presentation
(a) Bar (column) chart:
¾ translates quite effectively the highly
abstract ideas contained in numbers simple, multiple, and
into more concrete and easily component
comprehensive from (b) Pie
¾ may be less accurate but more ii) Frequency diagram
effective than table (a) Histogram
¾ tables and diagrams may be suitable (b) Frequency
to illustrate discrete data while polygon
continuous data is better represented (c) Frequency curve
by graphs (d) Ogive or
Note: Sample charts are constructed cumulative frequency
and presented using data from
previously presented tables. Different
curve
types of data may require different iii) Arithmetic line
modes of diagrammatic representation graph
Simple column chart for data in Table 8.2 : Qualification
of users
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No. of usres
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Bar chart for data from Table 8.9: Frequency distribution
of borrowed use of books of a library over four years
25000
19 8 8 7
20000
No. of books
15000
10000
4 4 77
5000 4047
13 2 8 152 4
897 72 6 557 447 348 286 290
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10
No. of tim es borrow ed

Bar chart for data in Table 8.1 : Frequency
distribution of citations in technical reports
8
N o. of c ita tions
7
3
4
2
5
1
4
0
2
0 2 4 6 8 10
No. of reports

Component bar chart

100% component column chart

Grouped column chart

Comparative 100% columnar chart
Chart with figures / symbols

Histogram (frequency polygon) for data in
Table 8.6: No. of authors per paper
60
53
51
50
43
40
No. of papers
30
30
19
20 15
10 Frequency polygon 6
4
2 1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of authors

Line graphs

Line graph for data in Table 8.6 : No. of authors per paper
60
51 53
50
43
No. of papers
40
30 30
20 19
15
10
6 4
0 2 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of authors
Frequency Distribution of No. of Words per Line of a
Book (Home work)
120
100 95 97.5 100
80 80
60 62.5
40 42.5
20 20
7.5 12.5
0 2.5
Less than (or equal) cumulative frequency in %

Cumulative frequency graph of reduction in no. of journals
subscribed and no. of reports added over the years
1200
Reports Journals
Year (annual intake) (subscribed)
1000
1980 1063 533
1985 936 519
1990 523 444
800 1995 288 416
2000 67 326
2002 29 300
600
400
Reports (annual intake)

200
Journals (subscribed)
0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2002
Line graph of less than or equal cumulative frequency
of self-citations in technical reports(Table 8.12)
120
100 96 100
No. of reports
84 88
80 76
68
60 56
40
32
20 20
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. of self-citations

Line graph for more than or equal cumulative
frequency of self-citations in reports (Table 8.12)
100
80 80
N o . o f rep o rts
68
60
40 44
32
20 24
16 12
0 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. of self-citations

Pie Diagram / Chart for Example 8.7: No. of
books, journals and reports issued per hour
R e por t s
4%
Jour na l s
16%
B ook s
80%
Books Journals Reports

Univariate Measures: A. Central Tendency
Central tendency or averages are used to summarise data. It
specifies a single most representative value to describe the
data set.
1. The sum of the deviations of individual values of x from the
mean will always add up to zero
2. The positive deviations must balance the negative
deviations.
3. It is very sensitive to extreme values
4. The sum of squares of the deviations about the mean is
minimum
A good measure of central tendency should meet the
following requisites
- easy to calculate and understand
- rigidly delivered
- representative of data
- should have sampling stability
- should not be affected by extreme values
1. MEAN: Arithmetic mean (called statistical / arithmetic
average) is the most commonly used measure. By dividing
the total of items by total number of items we get mean.
Characteristics of Mean
¾ most representative figure for the entire mass of data
¾ tells the point about which items have a tendency to
cluster
¾ unduly affected by extreme items (very sensitive to
extreme values)
¾ The positive deviations must balance the negative
deviations (The sum of the deviations of individual
values of x from the mean will always add up to zero)
¾ The sum of squares of the deviations about the mean is
minimum

1. MEAN
xi X1 +X2+ ….+Xn
X = =
n n
EX: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13
102
X = 11
= 9.27
For grouped or interval data
fi xi f1x1 +f2 x2+ ….+fn xn

X = =
fi f1+f2+ ….+fn (= n)

Mean for grouped or interval data
X = ∑ fi xi / n where n = ∑ fi
= f1X1 + f2 X2 + ….+ fn Xn / f1 + f2 + ….+ fn
Formula for Weighted Mean:

X w = ∑ Wx Xi / ∑ Wi
Formula for Mean Of Combined Sample:

X = nX+ mY / n+m
Formula for Moving Average (

Shortcut or Assumed Average Method):
X = fi (Xi – A) / n : where n = ∑ fi
NOTE: Step deviation method takes common factor out to enable
simple working and uses the formula X = g + [∑ f d / n] (i)

Calculation of the mean (¯X ) from a frequency distribution of grouped or
interval data of price (in Rs.) of popular science books in Kannada (Table
8.12) using Step deviation method is shown below:
Cumulative Distance of class
Price (in Frequenc less than or from the
Rs.) y (f) (No. equal assumed average
(class) of books) frequency (cf) class (d) fd d2 fd2
1 -- 10 2 2 -4 -8 16 32
11 -- 20 8 10 -3 -24 9 72
21 -- 30 15 25 -2 -30 4 60
31 -- 40 13 38 -1 -13 1 13
41 -- 50 4 42 0 0 0 0
51 -- 60 4 46 1 4 1 0
61 -- 70 2 48 2 8 4 8
71 -- 80 1 49 3 3 9 9
81 -- 90 0 50 4 4 16 0
Total 50 -56 194
g = 46 ; ∑ƒd = - 56 ; n = 50 ; i = 10
¯X = g + [∑ f d / n] (i) = 46 + [ -56 / 50] (10) = 34.6
Note: Compare answer with mean calculated as discrete data
in Table 8.12
Assumed average (shortcut) method & step deviation
method
Table: Calculation of the mean (x ) from a frequency distribution. data represent weights or
265 male freshman students at the university of Washington
Class-Interval (Weight) ƒ d ƒd
ƒd
90 - 99 .......... 1 -5 -5 X = g + (i)
100 -- 109 …….. 1 -4 -4 N
110 -- 119 …….. 9 -3 -27 99
120 -- 129 ……... 30 -2 -60 = 145 + ----- ( 10 )
130 -- 139 …….. 42 -1 -42 265
140 -- 149 ……… 66 0 0
150 -- 159 ……… 47 1 47 = 145 + ( .3736) (10)
160 -- 169 ……… 39 2 78 = 145 + 3.74
170 -- 179 ……… 15 3 45 = 148.74
180 -- 189 ……… 11 4 44
190 -- 199 ……… 1 5 5 fi – ( Ai - A )
200 -- 209 ……… 3 6 18 X = A + ---------------------
fi
N = 265 ƒd = 237 - 138 = 99
Univariate Measures: A. Central Tendency contd..
WEIGHTED MEAN
Wi Xi
Xw =
Wi
EX: MEAN OF COMBINED SAMPLE
NX + MY
Z =
N+M
MOVING AVERAGE
SHORTCUT OR ASSUMED AVERAGE METHOD
(Xi – A) fi (Xi – A)
X=A + X = A+
n fi
NOTE: Step deviation method takes common factor out to enable
simple working

Univariate Measures: A.Central Tendency
2. Median: Middle item of series when arranged in ascending or
descending order of magnitude
M = VALUE OF N+1 / 2 TH ITEM
EX: 11 7 13 4 11 9 6 11 10 12 8
4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
FOR FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

N/2 - Cf
M = L+ × i
F
L = lower limit of the median class
Cf = cum. freq. of the class preceding the median class
f = simple freq. of the median class
i = width of the class interval of the median class
Note: As a positional average does not involve values of all items and
useful only in qualitative phenomenon
Median
The median in the layman language is divider like the ‘divider’ on the
road that divides the road into two halves
A positional value of the variable which divides the distribution into
two equal parts, i.e., the median of a set of observations is a
value that divides the set of observations into two halves so that
one half of observations are less than or equal to the median
value and the other half are greater than or equal to the median
value
Extreme items do not affect median, i.e., median is a useful
measure as it is not unduly affected by extreme values and is
specially useful in open ended frequencies
For discrete data, mean and median do not change if all the
measurements are multiplied by the same positive number and
the result divided later by the same constant
As a positional average, median does not involve values of all items
and it is more useful in qualitative phenomenon
The median is always between the arithmetic mean and the mode

Median of grouped or interval data
M = L + W/F (i)
Where, W = [n/2] – Cf (No. of observations to be added
to the cumulative total in the previous class in order to
reach the middle observation in the array)
L = Lower limit of the median class (the array in which
middle observation lies)
Cf = Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the
median class
i = Width of the class interval of the median class
(the class in which the middle observation of the array
lies)
F = Frequency distribution of the median class

Calculation of the median (M) from a frequency distribution of grouped or interval
data of price (in Rs.) of popular science books in Kannada (Table 8.12) is given
below
Price (in Rs.) Frequency (f) Cumulative less than or equal
(class) (No. of books) frequency)
1 -- 10 2 2
11 -- 20 8 10
21 -- 30 15 25
31 -- 40 13 38
41 -- 50 3 41
51 -- 60 3 44
61 -- 70 2 46
71 -- 80 1 47
81 -- 90 0 47
91 -- 100 1 48
¾ 100 2 50
Total 50
L = 21 ; Cf = 10 ; I = 10 ; F = 15 ;
W = [n/2] – Cf = [50/2] – 10 = 15
M = L + W/F (i) = 21 + 15/15 (10) = 31
Note: Compare answer with median calculated as discrete data in
Table 8.12
Median for grouped or interval data
TABLE : Calculation of the median (x). data represent weights of 265 male
freshman studies at the university of Washington
Class – Interval Cumulative [ w = N/2 – Cf ]

(Weight) ƒ ƒ “Less than”
90 - 99 …….. 1 1
100 - 109 ……… 1 2 X = / + (W/f) (i)
110 - 119 ……… 9 11
120 - 129 ……… 30 41 132.5 - 83
130 – 139 ………. 42 83 = 140 + -------------------- (10)
140 – 149 ………. 66 149 66
150 – 159 ……… 47 196 49.5
160 – 169 ……… 39 235 = 140 + --------- (10)
170 – 179 ……… 15 250 66
180 – 189 ……… 11 261 = 140 + (.750) (10)
190 – 199 ……… 1 262 = 140 + ( .750) (10)
200 – 209 ……… 3 265 = 140 + 7.50
N = 265 = 147.5
N /2 = 265/2 = 132.5

Univariate Measures: A. Central Tendency 3. Mode
MODE is the most commonly or frequently occurring value in a
series
EX. : 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13
--------------
^
For Frequency Distribution
Δ1 f2
Z = L + ----------- X i OR L + --------- X i
Δ1 Δ2 f2 + f1
L = Looser limit of the modal class.
Δ1 = Difference in Freq. Between the modal class and the
preceding class.
Δ2 = Difference in Freq. Between the modal class and the
succeeding class.
i = Width of the class interval of the modal class.
f1 = Freq. of the class preceding the modal class.
f2 = Freq. of the class succeeding the modal class.
Mode
Mode is the most commonly or frequently occurring value/ observed
data or the most typical value of a series or the value around which
maximum concentration of items occur. In other words, the mode of
a categorical or a discrete numerical variable is that value of the
variable which occurs maximum number of times
The mode is not affected by extreme values in the data and can easily
be obtained from an ordered set of data
The mode does not necessarily describe the ‘most’ ( for example, more
than 50 %) of the cases
Like median, mode is also a positional average and is not affected by
values of extreme items. Hence mode is useful in eliminating the
effect of extreme variations and to study popular (highest occurring)
case (used in qualitative data)
The mode is usually a good indicator of the centre of the data only if
there is one dominating frequency. However, it does not give relative
importance and not amenable for algebraic treatment (like median)
Median lies between mean & mode.
For normal distribution, mean, median and mode are equal (one and
the same)
Mode for grouped or interval data
For frequency distribution with grouped (or interval) quantitative data
, the model class is the class interval with the highest frequency.
This is more useful when we measure a continuous variable which
results in every observed value having different frequency. Modal
class in Table 8.3 is age group 21-30. Please note that since the
notion of the location or central tendency requires order mode is
not meaningful for nominal data.
Δ2 f2
Z = L + -------- (i) OR L + --------- (i)
Δ2 + Δ1 f2 + f1
Where,
L = Lower limit of the modal class
Δ1 = Difference in frequency between the modal class and the
preceding class
Δ2 = Difference in frequency between the modal class and the
succeeding class
i = Width of the class interval of the modal class
f1 = Frequency of the class preceding the modal class
f2 = Frequency of the class succeeding the modal class

Calculation of the mode (Z ) from a frequency distribution of grouped or
interval data of price (in Rs.) of popular science books in Kannada (Table
8.12) is shown below:
Price (in Rs.) Cumulative less than
(class) Frequency (f) (No. of books) or equal frequency (cf)
1 -- 10 2 2
11 -- 20 8 10
21 -- 30 15 25
31 -- 40 13 38
41 -- 50 4 42
51 -- 60 4 46
61 -- 70 2 48
71 -- 80 1 49
81 -- 90 0 50
Total 50
L = 41 ; i = 10 ; f1 = 13 ; f2 = 4
Z = L + [f1 / f1 + f2] (i) OR L + [Δ2 / Δ1 + Δ2] (i)
Z = 41 + [13 / 13 + 4] (10) = 48.65

The value 48.65 lies in the class 41-50 and hence the modal class is 41-50 in
the grouped data.
Note: Compare answer with mode calculated as discrete data in Table 8.12
Mode for grouped or interval data
Table: Calculation of the mode (X).
Data represent weights of 265 freshman students at the university of Washington
Class –Interval (Weight) ƒ

90 - 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ƒ2
100-109 . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1 X = l+ ---------- (i)
110 -119 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ƒ 1 + ƒ2
120 -129. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 30
130 -139. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42 47
140 -149. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 66 = 140 + ----------- (10)
150-159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 47 + 42
160-169 . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 39
170-179 . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 15 = 140 + 47/89 (10)
180-189 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 = 140 + 5.3
190-199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 145.3
200-209. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Z = L + Δ1 / Δ1 Δ2 Χi = 140 + 24/43 Χ 10 = 145 . 5
Univariate Measures: A. Central Tendancy
4. GM & 5. HM
4. Geometric Mean 5. Harmonic Mean
nth Root of the product of the Reciprocal of the average of
values of n items reciprocals of the values of items
G.M. = n ∏ xi X n x1 .x2 ….xn in series
n Σ fi
Ex. 4 6 9 GM = 3 4 x 6 x 9 = 6 H M = -------------------------- = -------
1/x1 + 1/x2 + …fi/ xn Σ fi/xi
NOTE : 1. Log is used to simplify for frequency distribution
2. GM is used in the preparation of Ex. : 4 5 10
indexes (I.e., determining Average 3
Percent of change) and dealing with HM = ----------------- = 60/1 = 5.45
ratios 1/4 +1/5 + 1/10
Harmonic Mean : 1. Has limited application as it gives largest weight to the
smallest item and smallest weight to the largest item 2. Used in cases where
time and rate are involved (ex: time and motion study)
Note: 1. Median and mode could also be used in qualitative data 2. Median lies
between mean & mode 3. For normal distribution mean= median =mode

Univariate Measures: B. Dispersion
Central tendency measures do not reveal the variability present
in the data. To understand the data better, we need to know
the spread of the values and quantify the variability of the
data.
Dispersion is the scatter of the values of items in the series
around the true value of average. Dispersion is the extent to
which values in a distribution differ from the average of the
distribution.
1. Range: The difference between the values of the extreme

items of a series, I.e., difference between the smallest and
largest observations
Example: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13
Range = 13 - 4 = 9
• Simplest and most crude measure of dispersion
• As it is not based on all the values, it is greatly/ unduly affected by the
two extreme values and fluctuations of sampling. The range may
increase with the size of the set of observations though it can decrease
• Gives an idea of the variability very quickly
2. Mean Deviation : The average of difference of the values of items
from some average of the series (ignoring negative sign), I.e. the
arithmetic mean of the differences of the values from their average
Note: 1. MD is based on all values and hence cannot be calculated for open-ended
distributions. It uses average but ignores signs and hence appears unmethodical.
2. MD is calculated from mean as well as from median for both ungrouped data
using direct method and for continuous distribution using assumed mean method
and short-cut-method
3. The average used is either the arithmetic mean or median
_
Σ | xi – x | _
δx = ------------- For grouped data Σ fi | xi – x |
n δx = -------------
n
Example: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13
14 – 9.271 + 16-9.271+………+113 – 9.271 24.73
δx = ----------------------------------------------------- = ----------- = 2.25
11 11
Coefficient of mean deviation: Mean deviation divided by the average. It is a
relative measure of dispersion and is comparable to similar measure of other series,
i.e., Coeff. of MD = δx / x (Ex: 2.25/9.27 = 0.24) . M.D. & its coefficient are used to
judge the variability and they are better measure than range
3. Standard Deviation: The square root of the average of squares of
deviations (based on mean), I.e., the positive square root of the
mean of squared deviation from mean
Σ (xi – x )2 Σ fi (xi – x)2
σ = ------------------ For grouped data σ = --------------
√ n √ Σ fi
Example: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
(4-9.27)2 + (6-9.27)2 +……+ (13 –9.27)2
σ = --------------------------------------------------------- = 2.64
√ 11
Coefficient of S D is S D divided by mean.
Example: 2.64 / 9.27 = 0.28
Variance : Square of S D i.e., VAR = Σ (xi – x)2 / n

Example: (2.64)2 = 6.97
Coefficient of variation is Coefficient of SD multiplied by 100
Example : 0.28 x 100 = 28
Note: Coefficient of SD is a relative measure and is often used for

comparing with similar measure of other series
Univariate Measures: B. Dispersion 3. Standard Deviation
¾ SD is very satisfactory and most widely used measure of dispersion
¾ amenable for mathematical manipulation
¾ it is independent of origin, but not of scale
¾ If SD is small, there is a high probability for getting a value close
to the mean and if it is large, the value is father away from the
mean
¾ does not ignore the algebraic signs and it is less affected by
fluctuations of sampling
¾ SD is calculated using (i) Actual mean method , (ii) Assumed mean
method (iii) Direct method (iv) Step deviation method
For frequency of grouped or interval data
σ = √ [∑ fi (x i – ⎯x)2 / ∑ f i ]
Indirect method uses assumed average formula
σ = {√ [(∑ƒd2 / n) - (∑ƒd )2) / n2] } Where, d = Distance of class
from the assumed average class n = ∑ fi ,
i.e., σ =√ fi (xi – A)2 /Σ fi - Σ fi (xi – A)2 /Σ fi
For discrete data assumed average formula is
σ = √ Σ (xi – A)2 / n - Σ (xi – A) 2 / n
Calculation of the SD (σ) from a frequency distribution of grouped or interval
data of price (in Rs.) of popular science books in Kannada (Table 8.12) using
assumed average method is shown below:
Frequency Cumulative less Distance of class
Price (in (f) (No. of than or equal from the assumed
Rs.) (class) books) frequency (cf) average class (d) fd d2 fd2
1 -- 10 2 2 -4 -8 16 32
11 -- 20 8 10 -3 -24 9 72
21 -- 30 15 25 -2 -30 4 60
31 -- 40 13 38 -1 -13 1 13
41 -- 50 4 42 0 0 0 0
51 -- 60 4 46 1 4 1 0
61 -- 70 2 48 2 8 4 8
71 -- 80 1 49 3 3 9 9
81 -- 90 0 50 4 4 16 0
Total 50 -56 194
n = 50 ∑ƒd = - 56 ∑ ƒd2 = 194 i = 10

σ = {√ [(∑ƒd2 / n) - (∑ ƒd )2) / n2] } (i) = {√ [(194 / 50) - (-56)2) / 502] } (10)
= {√ [(3.88) - (1.2544)] } (10)
= {√ 2.6256 } (10)
= {1.6204} (10) = 16.204

SD for grouped data (indirect method using assumed average)
TABLE: Calculation of the standard deviation (σ)
Data represent weights of 265 male freshman students at the university of
Washington
Class –Interval (Weight) ƒ d ƒd ƒde
90 - 9 ....... 1 -5 -5 25 Σ ƒd2 Σ ƒd 2
100 -109 . . . . . . . 1 -4 -4 16 σ= ------- - ------- (i)

110 - 119 . . . . . . . 9 -3 -27 81 √ N N
120 – 129 . . . . . . . 30 -2 -60 120
130 - 139 . . . . . . . 42 -1 -42 42 931 99 2
140 - 149. . . . . . . 66 0 0 0 = ------ - ….. (10)
150 - 159 . . . . . . . 47 1 47 47 √ 265 265
160 - 169 . . . . . . . 39 2 78 156
170 - 179 . . . . . . . 15 3 45 135 = ( √ 3.5132 - .1396 )(10)
180 - 189 . . . . . . . 11 4 44 176 = (1.8367) (10)
190 - 199 . . . . . . . 1 5 5 25 = 18.37 or 18.4
200 - 209. . . . . . . 3 6 18 108
N= 265 Σƒd = 99 Σ ƒd2 = 931 D = (Xi – A) N = Σ fi
SD for grouped data
(indirect method using assumed average) …contd.
TABLE : Means, standard deviation, and coefficients of

variation of the age distributions of four groups of mothers who
gave birth to one or more children in the city of minneapolis:
1931 to 1935.
CLASSIFICATION X σ CV
Resident married………... 28.2 6.0 21.3

Non-resident married…… 29.5 6.0 20.3
Resident unmarried……... 23.4 5.8 24.8
Non-resident unmarried… 21.7 3.7 17.1

Absolute and relative measures of dispersion
The absolute measures give the answers in the units in which
original values are expressed. They may give misleading ideas
about the extent of variation especially when the averages differ
significantly
The relative measures (usually expressed in percentages) overcome
the above drawbacks. Some of them are:
i) Coefficient of range = (L – S) / (L + S) (L is largest value and S is
smallest value)
ii) Coefficient quartile deviation
iii) Coefficient of MD
iv) Co-efficient of variation
Note: Relative measures are free from the units in which the values
have been expressed. They can be compared even across
different groups having different units of measurement
Lorenz curve is a graphical measure of dispersion. It uses the
information expressed in a cumulative manner to indicate the
degree of variability. It is specially useful in comparing the
variability of two or more distributions
Univariate Measures: B. Dispersion 4. Quartiles
There are some positional measures of non-central location where it
is necessary to divide the data into equal parts. They are quartiles,
deciles and percentiles (The quartiles & the median divide the array
into four equal parts, deciles into ten equal groups, and percentiles
into one hundred equal groups)
Quartiles : Measures dispersion when median is used as average
Lower quartile: Value in the array below which there are one quarter
of the observations
Upper quartile: Value in the array below which there are three
quarters of the observations
Interquartile range: Difference between the quartiles
Interquartile range can be called a positional measure of variability
While range is overly sensitive to the number of observations, the
interquartile range can either decrease or increase when further
observations are added to the sample
Useful as a measure of dispersion to study special collections of
data like salaries of employees
Example: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13
Lower quartile is 7; Upper quartile is 11; Interquartile range is 4
Normal Distribution
To understand skewness (asymmetry), testing of hypotheses (Part 9)
and interpretation of data (part 10) it is necessary to know about
normal distribution.
The normal frequency distribution is developed from frequency
histogram with large sample size and small cell intervals. The
normal curve being a perfect symmetrical curve (symmetrical about
µ), the mean, median and the mode of the distribution are one and
the same (µ = M = Z). The curve is uni-modal and bell-shaped and
the data values concentrate around the mean. The sampling
distributions based on a parent normal distributions are
manageable analytically.
The normal curve is not just one curve but a family of curves which
differ only with regard to the values of μ and σ , but have the same
characteristics in all other respects.
Height is maximum at the mean value and declines as we go in either
direction from the mean and tails extend indefinitely on both sides.
The first and the third quartiles are equidistant from the mean. The
height is given by an equation
1
Y = --------------- e -1/2(X-µ/σ)2
√σ2π
Normal Distribution …contd.
It is a special continuous distribution. Great many techniques used in
applied statistics are based on this. Many populations encountered
in the course of research in many fields seems to have a normal
distribution to a good degree of approximation (I.o.w., nearly
normal distributions are encountered quite frequently). Sampling
distributions based on a parent normal distributions are
manageable analytically
Definition: The random variable x is said to be normally distributed if
density function is given by
F(x) OR n (x) = 1 e- (x - μ )2 / 2 σ2
√2Πσ
∞⁄ and - ∞ < x < ∞
Where ∞ n (x) dx = 1
(Since n(x) is given to be a density function, it implied that n(x) dx = 1)

When the function is plotted for several values of σ (standard
deviation) , a bell shaped curve as shown below can be seen.
Changing µ (mean) merely shifts the curves to the right or left without
changing their shapes. The function given actually represents a two-
parameter family of distributions, the parameters being µ and σ2
(mean and variance)
Normal Distribution …contd.
The experimenter musts know, at least approximately, the general
form of the distribution function which his data follow. If it is
normal, he may use the methods directly; if it is not, he may
transform his data so that the transformed observations follow a
normal distribution. When experimenter does not know the form
of his population distribution, then he must use other more general
but usually less powerful methods of analysis called non-
parametric methods
An important property of normal distribution for researchers is that if

x follows normal distribution and the area under the normal curve
is taken as 1, then, the probability that x is within
1 Standard deviation of the mean is 68%
2 “ 95%
3 “ 97.7%

Normal Curves

Z-score or standardised normal deviation
The area under the normal curve bounded by the class interval for any
given class represents the relative frequency of that class. The area
under the curve lying between any two vertical lines at points A and B
along the X-axis represents the probability that the random variable x
takes on value in that interval bounded by A and B. By finding the area
under the curve between any two points along the X-axis we can find the
percentage of data occurring within these two points.
The computed value Z is also known as the Z-score or standardised

normal deviation. Actually, the value of Z follows a normal probability
distribution with a mean of zero and standard deviation of one. This
probability distribution is known as the standard normal probability
distribution. This allows us to use only one table of areas for all types of
normal distributions.
The standard table of Z scores gives the areas under the curve between
the standardised mean zero and the points to the right of the mean for all
points that are at a distance from the mean in multiples of 0.01σ. It
should be noted that only the areas are to be subtracted or added. Do
not add or subtract the Z scores and then find the area for the resulting
value.
Z-score or standardised normal deviation …contd.
The Standardised normal often used is obtained by assuming mean as
zero (µ = 0) and SD as one (σ = 1). Then,
x scale µ-3σ µ -2σ µ-σ µ µ+σ µ+2σ µ +3σ
z scale -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
z = (xi - µ) / σ
TABLE – Normal Distribution

Z Prob. Z Prob. Z Prob.
3.0 .999 0.8 .788 -1.4 .081
2.8 .997 0.6 .726 -1.6 .055
2.6 .995 0.4 .655 -1.8 .036
2.4 .992 0.2 .579 -2.0 .023
2.2 .986 0.0 .500 -2.2 .014
2.0 .977 -.2 .421 -2.4 .008
1.8 .964 -.4 .345 -2.6 .005
1.6 .945 -.6 .274 -2.8 .003
1.4 .919 -.8 .212 -3.0 .001
1.2 .885 -1 .159
1.0 .841 -1.2 .115

Univariate Measures: C. Measure of Asymmetry (Skewness)
Normal Distribution of items in a series is perfectly symmetrical. Curve drawn from
normal distribution which is bell shaped, shows no asymmetry (skewness), i.e., X =
M = Z for a normal curve.
Asymmetrical distribution which has skewness to the right, i.e., curve distorted on
the right is positive skewness (Z> M> X ) and the curve distorted to the left is
negative skewness (Z > M> X) (see figure)
Skewness: The difference between the mean, median or mode, i.e., Skewness =
X – Z OR X – M
Coeff. of skewness (J) = X – Z / σ OR 3 ( X – M ) / σ
Skewness shows the manner in which the items are clustered around the average;
Useful in the study of formation of series and gives idea about the shape of the
curve
Kurtosis is a measure of flat-topped ness of a curve i.e, humped ness Indicates
the nature of distribution of items in the middle of a series(Mesokurtic: Kurtic in
the centre, i.e. normal curve, Leptokurtic:More peaked than the normal curve,
Platykurtic: More flat than the normal curve)
Example: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13
Skewness = 9.27-11 = -1.73 or 9.27-10 = -0.73
j = -1.73/2.64 = -0.66 or 9-0.73) X 3 / 2.64 = - 0.83 Hence negatively skewed.
Check the following for positive skewness 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
Normal Curve and Skewness

Relationship Between Measures of Variability (M D, S D and
Semi-interquartile Range)

Summary of Examples
Summary of examples: 7. Variance 6.97
4 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 13 8. Lower quartile 7
9. Upper quartile 11
Univariate Measures: 10. Inter quartile range 4
A. Central Tendency
1. Mean 9.27
C. Asymmetry
2. Median M 10
1. Skewness
3. Mode Z 11
4. G.M. w.r.t. Mode 1.73
5. H.M w.r.t. Median 0.73
2. Coefficient of Skewness
B. Dispersion w.r.t. Mode 0.66
1. Range 9 w.r.t. .Median 0.8
2. Mean deviation 2.25
3. Coefficient of MD 0.24 Home work:
4. Standard deviation2.64 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
5. Coefficient of SD 0.28
6. Coefficient of variation 28

Bivariate & Multivariate Measures
A. Relationship (iii) Cross tabulation and scatter
¾To find relation of 2 or more diagram
variables 3. Cause and Effect (Quantitative)
¾If related, directly or inversely & (I) Simple (linear) & regression
degree of relation (ii) Multiple (complex
¾Is it cause and effect relationship ? correlation & regression
¾If so, degree and direction (iii) Partial correlation
1. Association (Attributes) B. Other Measures /
(I) Cross tabulation Techniques
(ii) Yule’s co-efficient of association 1. Index number
(iii) Chi- square test 2. Time series analysis
(iv) Co-efficient of mean square 3. Anova
contingency 4. Anocova
2. Correlation (Quantitative) 5. Discriminant analysis
(I) Spearman’s (Rank) coefficient of 6. Factor analysis
correlation (ordinal)
7. Cluster analysis
(ii) Pearson’s coefficient of
8. Model building
correlation
Common Measures of Relationship
Measure Nature of Variables Comment
1. Pearson product Two continuous variables; interval or Relationship linear
moment ratio scale
2. Rank order or Two continuous variables; ordinal
Kendall’s tau scale Relationship nonlinear
3. Correlation ratio, One variable continuous, other Purpose: to determine within-
(eta) either continuous or discrete group similarity
4. Intraclass One variable continuous, other Index of item discrimination
discrete; interval or ratio scale (used in item analysis)
5. Biserial, One variable continuous, other
Point biserial a) Continuous but dichotomised, or b)
true dichotomy
6. Phi coefficient Two true dichotomises; nominal or
ordinal series
7. Partial Correlation Three or more continuous variables Purpose: to determine
relationship between two
variables, with effect of the held
constant
8. Multiple Three or more continuous variables Purpose: to predict one variable
correlation from a linear weighted
Three or more continuous variables.; combination of two or more
ordinal series independent variables
9.Kendall’s Purpose; to determine the
coefficient of degree of (say, interrater)
concordance agreement

Measures / Tests of Association
1. Cross Tabulation
9Useful in finding relationship in 9 Attempt can also be made
nominal data to see / find the conditional
relationships by
9But not a powerful form of measure /
introducing the third factor
test
and cross-classifying the
9Classify each variable into two or three variables. Ie. To see
more categories whether X affects Y only
9Begin with a two-way table to see when Z is held constant
whether there is interrelationship 9 Cross tabulate a
between variables dependent variable (of
9Then cross classify the variables in importance) to one or
subcategories to look for interaction more independent variable
between them 9 Show the percentages in
(I) Symmetrical relationship: Two the cells of cross
variables vary together, but neither is tabulation
due to the other (assumed) 9 Look for valid (not
(ii) Reciprocal relationship: Two variables spurious) explanations
mutually influence or reinforce each 9 Ask whether differences
other are statistically
(iii) Asymmetrical relationship: If one significant?
(individual) variable is responsible for
change in the other (dependent) variable
Example: Given below is the data regarding reference queries received
by a library. Is there a significant association between gender of user and
type of query ?
LR SR Total
query query
Male users 17 18 35
Female users 3 12 15
Total 20 30 50
Expected frequencies are worked out like E11 = 20X35 / 50 = 14

Expected frequencies are:
L S Total
M 14 21 35
W 6 9 15
Total 20 30 50
Cells Oij Eij (Oij - Eij) (Oij - Eij )2 / Eij
1,1 17 14 3 9/14 = 0.64
1,2 18 21 -3 9/21 = 0.43
2,1 3 6 -3 9/6 = 1.50
2,2 12 9 3 9/9 = 1.00
Total (∑) χ2 = 3.57 df = (C-1) (r-1) = (2-1) (2-1) = 1
Table value of χ2 for 1 df at 5 % significance is 3.841. Hence association is
not significant.
2. Association : Yule’s Coefficient of association
QAB = (AB) (ab) – (AB) (aB) The association of A and B

(AB) (ab) + (AB) (aB) in the population may be
(AB) = Freq. of class AB in which aA and B are present. due to attribute C. In such
(Ab) = Freq. of class Ab in which aA is present but B is absent a case partial association
QAB takes values between + 1 and –1 indicates degree of association. (as against total
IF (AB) > (A) (B) expected Freq. Then AB are positively associated. association) between A
N and B is determined by
IF (AB) < (A) (B) expected Freq. Then A& B are independent. Qabc = (ABC) (abC) –
N I.e., QAB = 0 (ABC) (aBc) / (ABC) (abC)
IMMUNITY Ex : – (ABC) (aBc)
PRESENT ABSENT 5 2 7
PRESENT (AB) (Ab)
Illusory Association : there
1 4 5 is no real association
A. INOCULATION
ABSENT (ab) (ab) Total 6 6 12 between A & B but both
are associated with third
5X4 - 2X1 18 attribute. Reasons : (i) A
QAB = ---------------------- = -------- = 0 . 82 and B are not properly
5X4 +2X1 22 defined (ii) A and B are
(A) (B) 7x6 not properly / correctly
(AB) = 5 > -------------- = ---------- = 3.5 recorded
N 12

2. Association : Yule’s Coefficient of association contd.
Note: Larger than 2X2 tables have to be reduced to 2X2 by combining

some classes to use this method
4 X 4 Contingency Table
Attribute A
A1 A2 A3 A4 Reduced to 2x2 Table
Total Attribute
B1 (A1B1) (A2B1) (A3B1) (A4B1) (B1)
Total
Attribu A a
B2 (A1B2) (A2B2) (A3B2) (A4B2) (B2) te
Attribute
B B (AB) (aB) (B)
B3 (A1B3) (A2B3) (A3B3) (A4B3) (B3) b (A b) (a b) (b)
B4 (A1B4) (A2B4) (A3B4) (A4B4) (B4) Total (A) (a) N
Total (A1) (A2) (A3) (A4) N

Yule’s Coefficient of Association contd.
Example 1 : The number of Example 2 : Data on the number of

books issued on random books issued from a library during
sample of days in 2005 and the course of a week (both actual and
2006 are as follows expected)
Day Actual Expected
2005 2006 Mon 39 42.17
36 37 34 78 Tue 14 42.17
28 97 89 89 Wed 21 42.17
32 37 22 34 Thu 47 42.17
39 33 44 22 Fri 36 42.17
27 114 49 33 Sat 96 42.17
114 35 33 17 Total 253 253(.02)

Yule’s Coefficient of Association contd.
Example 3 : In 1984 - 5, a library authority spent Rs.550 000 on books and
Rs.140 000 on other items. In 1987- 8, the authority spent Rs.810 000 on
staff, Rs.330 000 on books and Rs.210 000 on other items. Did the
pattern of expenditure change significantly between 1984-5 and 1987-8 ?
The observed data can be compiled into a contingency table as shown :
Contingency table of observed frequencies
Expenditure (‘000s)
Year Staff Books Other Total
1984-5 550 230 140 920
1987-8 810 330 210 1350
Total 1360 560 350 2270
A table of expected frequencies can be deduced as shown :

Contingency table of expected frequencies
Expenditure (‘000s)
Year Staff Books Other Total
1984-5 551.19 226.96 141.85 920
1987-8 508.81 333.04 208.15 1350
Total 1360 560 350 2270

2. Correlation : i. Cross Tabulation, Correlation Table &
Scatter Diagram
Monthly totals of books,
Journals and Reports issued
from a library
Month Reps Bks Jls Total
Jan 465 3216 713 4394
Frequency of use of a Feb 513 3215 686 4414
number of documents of Mar 425 3126 996 4547
different ages
Doc. Age of Frequency
No. Doc. of use Correlation table of age and
(years) (times /year) frequency of use of documents
1 1 40 Freq. of use Age of doc.(yrs) Total
2 3 18 (times / year) 1 2 3 4 5
3 2 30 1-10 1 1
4 4 21 11-20 1 1 2
5 3 26 21-30 1 1 1 3
6 5 10
31-40 1 1 2
7 4 13
Total 1 1 3 2 1 8
8 3 35
2. Correlation : i. Cross Tabulation, Correlation Table &
Scatter Diagram contd.

Correlation Scatter Diagrams

ii. Spearman’s Coefficient of (Rank Order) Correlation
Only between two variables which are ordinal in nature; helps to decide whether two
sets of ranks differ and to the extent they offer
6Σ di2 di = O. b. betn ranks of 6th pair of the two variables
rs = 1 - -------------- n = No.of pairs of observations
n (n2 – 1)
Example:
Boys and girls were questioned about their reading interest and asked to put various
types of novel into their order of performance, with the following results:
Type of novel Rank orders di di 2
Boys Girls
Animal stories 4 2 2 4
Historical novels 3 3 0 0
Romances 5 1 4 16
War stories 1 5 -4 16
Westerns 2 4 -2 4
Σ di2 40
6 x 40
rs = l - ------------- = 1 - 2 = -1
5 x 24 (that means perfect negative correlation)
rs varies from +1 to -1
rs = 0 indicates that two sets of rankings are dissimilar / independent
ii. Spearman’s Coefficient of (Rank Order) Correlation contd.
Homework: Given below is the mean scores on a 5 point scale about the
nature & type of information required by a group of physicists and
another group of mechanical engineers. Find the correlation of their
rankings ? (carryout t-test for 5% significance level)
Physicists Mech. Engrs.
A. State of the art 2.60 1.17
B. Theoretical background 2.98 2.71
C. Experimental results 2.67 2.34
D. Methods, processes & procedures 2.62 2.07
E. Product, material & equipment information 2.45 2.23
F. Computer programs & model building info. 2.00 0.85
G. Standard & patent spec. 0.93 2.15
H. Physical, technical & design data 3.05 2.65
I. S & T news 2.29 2.53
J. General information 1.21 0.92

iii. Pearson’s (Product Moment) Coefficient of Correlation
(Simple Correlation)
∑ (Xi—X) (Yi—Y)
r = ----------------------------
n --- x. y
∑ Xi Yi - n. X . Y
r = --------------------------------- ASSUMING ZERO AS MEAN
√ ∑ Xi 2 - n X2 √ ∑ Yi2 – n Y2
∑ d xi .dyi - ∑ d xi . ∑ .dyi WITH ASSUMED AVERAGES

n n Ax and A y
r = --------------------------------------------- ∑ d xi = ∑ (Xi – A x)
∑ d x i2 ∑ d xi 2 ∑ d y i2 ∑ d y i 2 ∑ d yi = ∑ (Yi – A y)
√
√ n n n n ∑ d xi2 = ∑ (Xi – A x)2
∑ d yi 2 = ∑ (Yi – A y)2
∑ d xi . Σ d yi2 = ∑ (Xi – A x) (Yi – A y)

iii. Pearson’s (Product Moment) Coefficient of Correlation
(Simple Correlation)
Most widely used method and assumes (i) linear relationship (ii) variables are not
causally related (iii) a 2 distribution of observations of booth variables
∑ (Xi - X) (Yi -Y)
r = --------------------------------------------------
∑ ( Xi - X ) 2 . √ ∑ ( Yi2 –Y ) 2
√
EXAMPLE : The following table gives the approximate number of abstracts (in thousand) in a
selection of volumes of abstracts together with the cost of each volume:
umber of abstracts (X) Cost (Y)
(thousands) (£)
36.7 115
8.5 52
12.5 75
3.9 31
0.5 9
1.3 12
4.1 20
19.4 56
4.3 24
91. 2 39. 4
X = 10.1 Y = 4.4
iii. Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation (Simple Correlation) Example
contd.
GIVEN BELOW ARE THE AVERAGE NO.OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (X) AND THE
AVERAGE NO.OF BOOKS BORROWED PER MONTH (Y) FIND THE PRODUCT
MOMENT CORRELATION CETWEEN THE TWO
X Y XY X2 Y2 105 – 5 X 3. 4 X 5. 24
1 2 2 1 4 r = ----------------------------------------
2 4 8 4 16 √ 71 – 5 (3.4)2 √ 158 – 5 (5. 2 )2
4 5 20 16 25
5 7 35 25 49 105 – 88.4 16 . 6
5 8 40 25 64 = ----------------- = --------------
Total ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- 3.63 X 4.77 17 . 315
17 26 105 71 158
= + 0 . 96
X = 17/5 = 3 . 4 Y = 26/5 = 5.2 ∑ X2 = 71 ∑ Y2 = 158

∑ XY = 105
NOTE : 1. Most widely used method

2. It assumes (i) linear relationship (ii) normal distribution (iii) variables
are causally related. but does not indicate a cause and effect relationship
(iv) it is neutral to chance in scale and origin
3. Value of r varies from +1 (perfect positve correlation) to –1 (perfect
negative correlation). zero indicates the absence of association /
relationship.
iii. Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation For Grouped Data contd
FOR GROUPED DATA
∑ ∑ f ji ((Xi - X ) (Yf – Y)
R = --------------------------------------------
∑ fi ((Xi - X 2) ∑ ff (Yj - Y 2)
SHORT CUT APPROACH WITH ASSUMED MEANS
∑ f j dxi . dyi - ∑ fi dxi . ∑ fi dyi

n n n
R = -----------------------------------------------------------------------
∑ f j dxi2 ∑ f j dx i2 - ∑ fjdyj2 - ∑ fjdy j 2
n n √ n n
HOMEWORK : following are the average no.of ref. queries asked (x) and the average no.of books
inoensed (y) during a study of library users for three months. find the correlation coefficient between
the two. carry out a t-test for 5% significance level.
X Y t-TEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE
5 4
6 3 n–2 n-2
1 2 t = r ----------- t = rs -------------
4 6 √ 1–r 2 √ 1 – rs2
2 3 (ANS r = + 0.41)
EX:
t = (0.96) (5 – 2)/ 1 – (0 . 96)2 = 5. 939
Df = n – 1 = 5 – 1 = 4; Tabulated value of t for 4 d.f. for two tabled test out 0.5% significance level is
4.264 . Hence r is significant of 0.5% significance …contd
The Correlation Between a Preference for Violent Television and
Peer-reted Aggression for 211 Boys Over a 10-Year lag
Prefrence for
violent TV in 0.05 Prefrence for
the 3rd grade violent TV in
the 3rd grade
0.01
0.21 -0.05
0.31
Aggressio
Aggression in n in the
the 3rd grade
0.38
13th grade

3. Cause & Effect Relationships
• Visual inspection of correlational table and scatter diagram indicates existence
and direction of relation
• Correlation coefficient shows the magnitude as well as direction of relationship
• Regression analysis shows the cause and effect relationship, ie., independent
variable (X) is the cause and dependent variable (Y) is the effect
i. Regression Analysis (Simple / Liner)
¾ Describes in quantitative terms the underlying (cause & effect) relationship or
correlation between two sets of data (two variables)
¾ Helps predicting value of dependent variable for a given / known value of
independent variable regression equation of Y on X (simple / liner)
Y = a + bX
Y = Estimated value of Y for a give value of X(a and b are constants)
a = Parameter which tells at what value the straight line cuts the Y axis
b = Slope or grdient of the regression line, i.e., unit change in X produces a
change of b in Y
Note : 1. The relationship between X & Y may take any form but here it is
assumed to be linear ie., straight line
2. Practical data may fit near or closer to straight line
3. The objective is to fit a regression line with minimum error values (difference
between the observed values and expected values)
4. To find the ‘best’ fit the largest square method is used
3. Cause & Effect Relationships : I. Regression analysis contd
TO FIND THE ‘REST’ FIT THE LEAST SQUARE METHOD IS USED
Y Y Y
X X
X
X X X
X X
X
X X X
NO RELATIONSHIP ACTUAL VALUES BEST FIT
THE LEAST SQUARE METHOD PROVIDES TWO NORMAL EQNS. TO DETERMINE CONSTANTS a AND b
∑ Y =na+b∑X
∑ XY = a ∑ X + b ∑ X2 TSS = ∑ (Y – Y ) 2
RSS = ∑ (Y – Y ) 2
THE BASIC EQN IS Y = a + b x +E ESS = ∑ (Y – ŷ ) 2
TSS = RSS + ESS
RSS / 1
F = --------------
ESS / n –2
EXAMPLE : Given below are the estimated use of a library (Y) for a corresponding expenditure on promotion and user
orientation (x). Fit best regression line. Estimate the use (I.e., predict) for an expenditure of Rs.8000 . If the library would
like to reach a level of use of 70,000 what should be the expenditure on promotion and user-orientation. …contd.
3. Cause & Effect Relationships : i. Regression Analysis contd..
X Ŷ (Estimate) XŶ X2 Y (EXPECTED) ERROR
( In thousands (In ten thousands)
of Rs.
5 4 20 25 4 . 02 -0 . 02
6 3 18 36 4 . 32 -1 . 32
1 2 2 1 2 . 82 -0 . 82
4 6 24 16 3 . 72 +2 . 28
2 3 6 4 3 . 12 -0 . 12
Tot 18 18 70 82 18 0
∑X ∑Ŷ ∑XŶ ∑X 2
NOTE: IF r IS CALCULATED ∑X , ∑ Ŷ, ∑X Y & ∑ X2 ARE READILY AVAILABLE

18 = 15a + 18 b ⇒ a = 2.52 ⇒ y = 2.52 + 0.3 x
70 = 18a + 82 b b = 0.3
(i) X = 8 (Rs 80000/-) ⇒ Y = 2.52 + 0.3 x 8 = 4.92 i.e Rs 49200/-
Homework :
(ii) Y = 7 (70,000) ⇒ 7 = 2.52 + 0.3 x = x ⇒ 14.93 i.e Rs 14930/-
REGRESSION COEFFICIENT & COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION No. of Age
CONSTANT b IS CALLED REGRESSION COEFFIENT Books
REGRESSION OF X ON Y IS X= α + βY X Y
RSS 5 23
b β = r2 COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION r2 = -------- 6 35
VARIES BTEWEEN ZERO AND + 1 TSS
8 41
AS r2 TEND CLOSER TO + 1 IND. VAR
EXPLAINS THE MOVEMENTS IN T HE DEP.VAR 12 58
r IS THE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT & VARIES FROM –1 TO +1 15 75
ii. Multiple Correlations and (Non-Linear or Complex) Regressions
INVOLVES TWO OR MORE INDEPENDANT VARIABLES
Ŷ = a + b1 x1 + b2 x2
NORMAL EQUATIONS ARE
∑ yi = n a + b1 ∑ x 1i + b1 ∑ x 2i
∑ x1i Yi = a ∑ x 1i + b1 ∑ x1i2 + b2 ∑ x1i x2i
∑ x2i yi = a ∑ x2i + b1 ∑ x1i x2i + b2 ∑ x2i2
PROBLEM OF MULTICOLLINEARITY
REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS b1 AND b2 BECOME LESS RELIABLE IF
THERE IS A HIGH DECREE OF CORRELATION BETWEEN IND. VAR. X1
AND X2 .THE COLLECTIVE EFFECT OF INO. VAR X1 AND X2 IS GIVEN BY
THE COEFFICIENT OF MULTIPLE CORRELATION
b1 ∑ xi x1i - n y x1 + b2 ∑ yi x2i - n y x2
Ry. X1 x2 = ---------------------------------------------------
√ ∑ Yi – n Y
x1i = (x1i – x1)
b1 ∑ x1i yi + b2 ∑ x2i yi x2i = (x2i – x2)
OR ------------------------------ y i = ( yi – y)
√ ∑ Yi2
iii. Partial Correlation
(iii) PARTIAL CORRELATION measures, separately, the relationship betn
two variables (i.e. dep. and a particular ind. variables) by holding all other
variables constant
FIRST SIMPLE COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATIONS BETN EACH PAIR OF

VARIABLES HAVE TO BE CALCULATED
FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST ORDER COEFFICIENT (OF PARTIAL

CORRELATION) MEASURING EFFECT OF X ON Y IS GIVEN BY
R2 y. x1x2 – r2 y x2
r yx1. x2 = -------------------------
1 - r2 yx1
ryx1 – ryx2 . rx1x2

OR ----------------------------
√ 1- r2 yx2 √ 1- r2 x1x2
4. Other Measures : A. Index numbers
A. Index numbers
Index number is a device to measure the magnitude of
(I) Change in the price, quantity or value of an item or more, usually a group
of items over time or
(ii) Difference between the two similarly measured quantities
Example
Total number of issues of volumes of non-fiction by a library in a number of
years
Year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Number of issues 8094 9288 8416 9271 8233
i. Fixed Base Index
Simple indexes for issues of volumes of non-fiction by a library in a
number of years (1960 = 100)
Year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Index 100 114.75 103.98 114.54 101.72

4. Other Measures A. Index numbers contd.
ii. Chain Base Index
Chain base index for issues of volumes of non-fiction by a library in a
number of years
Year 1961 1962 1963 1964
Index 114.75 90.61 110.16 88.80
the change or difference is expressed as a ratio or % of a stated base or
starting date, period or quantity which is given a value of 100 points
Value in given year
Fixed base index = --------------------------------- X 100
Value in base year
Value in given year

Chain base index = ----------------------------------- X 100
Value in previous year
An item in the index is given its due weight in accordance with its importance
in the whole index
Price in given year X Qty in base year
Base year weighted index = ---------------------------------------------------------- X 100
Price in base year X Qty in base year
Price in given year X Qty in given year

Given year weighted index = ------------------------------------------------------X 100
Price in base year x Qty in given year
4. Other Measures A. Index numbers contd.
YEAR 1 2 3 4 5
Chain base 100 103 107 110 115
Fixed base 100 100x103 103x107 110.2x110 121.2x115

100 100 100 100
100 =103 = 110.2 = 121.2 =139.4
• Index number is a special type of average used to measure the level of a given
phenomenon as compared to the level of the same phenomenon at some standard date
I.o.w reducing the figure to a common base (eg: converting the series into a series of
index numbers) to study the chances in the effect of such factors which are incapable of
being measured directly
• They are approximate indicators & give only a fair idea of changes.
• index numbers prepared for a purpose cannot be used for other purposes or same
purpose at other places. Cchances of error also remain in them.
Examples:
1. Library use index = 1/100 no. of pages of xerox copies of reading material taken during a
year + 2 times no. of documents borrowed through ILL + 5 times no. of visits to library
during 3months sample seat occupancy study + mean no. of documents borrowed during
the year (both circulation sample and collection sample)
2. Library interaction index = No. of documnts sugested + no. of documents indented + no.
of documents reserved + 2times no. of literature search service availed + no of short
range ref. Queries placed
4. Other Measures B. Time series analysis contd.
B. Time series analysis
Time series: Series of successive observations of a phenomenon over a
period of time
– When individual variable is time in a cause and effect relationship of
regression analysis type it is time series analysis
– It helps to estimate/ predict the future
Components of time series
1. Secular or long term trend (T)
2. Short term oscillations : (i) Cyclical variations(C) (usually more than a
year) (ii) Seasonal variations(S) (usually within a year)
3. Irregular or erratic variations (I) Random fluctuations & completely
unpredictable like riots, natural calamities, etc.

Example: 1. The following are daily
issues of junior non-fiction from a
Methods of isolating and library (public library)
measuring trend Day Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
1. Free hand method Mon 36 46 66
Tue 31 55 76
2. Semi-average method
Wed 25 37 40
3. Method of moving average Thu 55 80 74
4. Method of least squares Fri 45 66 90
Method of moving averages Sat 90 115 150
¾ By smoothening out fluctuations, helps to detect the trend
¾ Choosing appropriate period, the method can also help to find out short term
variations (ie cyclical & seasonal) as well
¾ In addition, use of seasonal index helps to account for seasonal variations
¾ Moving average helps to reduce seasonal variations while finding trend
METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES

TAKING ‘t’ AS IND.VAR. THE EQN.FOR SECULAR TREND IS Ŷ = a + b t
NORMAL EQNS. ARE ∑ Ŷ = n a + b ∑ t
∑ t Ŷ = a ∑ t + b ∑ t2 n = NO OF YEARS
ENABLES FORCEASTING FUTURE VALUES OF Y FORM Y = a + b t
Times series analysis of data of example 1

Week Day Number of issues Moving average Cyclical
variation
1. M 36
T 31
W 25
T 55 47.9 +7.1
F 45 50.7 -5.7
S 90 53.7 +36.3
2. M 46 56.8 -10.8
T 55 60.6 -5.6
W 37 64.4 -27.4
T 80 68.2 +11.8
F 66 71.6 -5.6
S 115 73.6 +41.4
3. M 66 73.3 -7.3
T 76 74.8 +1.2
W 40 79.8 -39.8
T 74
F 90
S 150
Solution:
Trend : Upward, i.e., Increasing daily issues
Cyclic variation: Difference between the moving average (expected) and
corresponding actual figure of issues are markedly high on Saturday and
very low on Wednesday
Home work
Daily visitors to a
public library
Day Week 1 Week 2
Sun 900 800
Mon 400 500
Tue 500 300
Wed 600 300
Thu 300 400
Fri 700 600
Sat 1100 900

Monthly statistics of no. of searches executed on a CD-ROM database by
PG students is as follows
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Month No. of 12 month No. of 12 month No. of 12month
searches moving Av searches moving Av searches moving Av
JAN 50 60 68.3 50 71.7
FEB 50 50 68.3 40 71.7
MAR 50 60 68.3 70 72.5
APR 60 70 69.2 80 71.7
MAY 70 80 70.0 90 70.8
JUN 80 64.2 90 69.2 100 71.7
JUL 90 65.0 90 68.3 100
AUG 90 65.0 90 67.5 90
SEP 60 65.8 60 68.3 70
OCT 60 66.7 70 69.2 60
NOV 50 67.5 60 70.0 50
DEC 60 68.3 50 70.8 60
Secular trend: Increasing
Seasonal variation: Maximum during Mar-May (may be exam ? Seasonal
index is more useful in accounting seasonal variations)

Quarterly statistics of user visit to a special library
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Quarter No. of % of No. of % of No. of % of Average
User Quarterly User Quarterly User Quarterly % of
Visits Visits Visits Average Index
1 2000 80 3000 100 4000 100 93.3
2 3000 120 3500 116.7 5000 125 120.6
3 2000 80 2000 66.7 3000 75 73.9
4 3000 120 3500 116.7 4000 100 112.2
Total 10000 12000 16000
Q Average 2500 3000 4000
If the first quarter of 4th year records 6000 user visits estimate the
average quarterly visits for that year
Ans. 6000/93.3 X100 = 6431

Method of least squares
Assumes linear relation and that the past behaviour continues to
persist in future
Note: For variable ‘t’ midpoint of
Y = na+b∑t time is taken as origin.
Normal equations
Ex: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, (odd nos.)
∑Y = na + b ∑t
-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3 (even nos.)
∑tY = a ∑t + b ∑t2
Example: ∑t = 0, ∑Y = 177, ∑tY = 171, ∑t 2 = 280, n=15
⇒ 177= 15a +b x 0
171 = a x 0 + b x 280 ⇒ a = 11.8
b = 0.61
Hence the trend regression line is Y = 11.8 + 0.61t
To find out the t=9 (i.e., say sales for 1986)
Y =11.8 + 0.61 x 9 = 17.29

Measurement of seasonal variations:

1. Ratio to trend method
2. Ratio to moving averages method
3. Link relative method
Measurement of cyclic variations:
1. Harmonic analysis
2. Spectrum analysis
Note: Residuals remaining after elimination of seasonal and
trend components be recorded & plotted graphically for
visual comparison of residual variations which are attributed
to cyclic and irregular / erratic components

ANOVA
• Testing the difference among different groups of data
for homogeneity.
• Useful to investigate
(I) Any number of factors which are hypothesised or
said to influence the dependent variable
(ii) The differences amongst various categories within
each of these factors which may have a large number
of values
Example (one way ANOVA)
The number of books stored per shelf in a library may be
of interest. If a random sample of shelves is selected
and the number of books on each shelf are counted,
the quantitative data collected can be presented in a
frequency table as shown in the figure …contd.

Frequency table showing variation of no. of books stored per shelf according to
subject category (example of one way ANOVA) contd.
Number of shelves
Books per shelf Geography X1 Law X2 production X3 total
16 1 1
17 0
18 0
19 0
20 0
21 3 3
22 0
23 1 1 4
24 0
25 4 4
26 3 3
27 0
28 ! 1 2
29 1 1
30 2 2 4
31 0
32 1 1
33 1 1 3
34 1 1
35 0
36 2 2
37 0
38 0
39 0
40 0
41 0
42 0
43 1 1
ANOVA (Example of one way ANOVA) contd.
Frequency table showing variation of number of books stored per
shelf in a random sample of shelves
Books per Number of Books per No. of shelves
shelf shelves shelf
16 1 30 4
17 0 31 0
18 0 32 1
19 0 33 3
20 0 34 1
21 3 35 0
22 0 36 2
23 4 37 0
24 0 38 0
25 4 39 0
26 3 40 0
27 0 41 0
28 2 42 0
29 1 43 1
One-way ANOVA considers one factor, i.e., No. of books per shelf
Steps (example of one way ANOVA) contd.
1. OBTAIN MEAN OF EACH SAMPLE I.E. X1, X2, X3
X1+ X2+ X3
2. FIND MEAN OF THE SAMPLE MEANS, I.E. X = ---------------
3 (k)
3. FIND SUM OF SQUARES FOR VARIANCE BETN THE SAMPLES,
I.E., SS BETWEEN = n1 (X1 – X)2 + n2 (X2 – X)2 + n3 (X3 – X)2
4. CALCULATE VARIANCE OR MEAN SQUARE BETN.

SAMPLES,
SS BETWEEN DF = k-1
I.E., MS BETWEEN = ---------------------
2 = 3 - 1 =2
5. SUM OF SQUARES FOR VARIANCE WITHIN SAMPLES
SS WITHIN = ∑ (X1i – X1)2 + ∑ (X2i – X2)2 + ∑ (Y3i – X3)2
6. VARIANCE OF MEAN SQUARE WITHIN SAMPLES
SS WITHIN DF = n - k
MS WITHIN = -------------------- n = n1 + n2 + n3 + …..
n-k

Frequency table showing variation of number of books
stored per shelf according to subject category
(example of one way ANOVA) …contd.
7. CHECK SS FOR TOTAL VARIATION
= ∑(Xij – X)2 = SS BETWEEN + SS WITHIN
AND (n-1) = (k – 1) + (n – k)
MS BETWEEN
8. F RATIO = --------------------
MS WITHIN
Note: Compare with table value of F. If it is equal or more
than table value difference is significant and hence
1. samples could not have come from the same
universe or
2. the independent variable has a significant effect on
dependant variable.
More the value of F ratio more definite and sure about the
conclusions
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Testing ISRO
of Hypotheses 132
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Testing ISRO
of Hypotheses 133
About the Author
Dr. M. S. Sridhar is a post graduate in Mathematics and Business

Management and a Doctorate in Library and Information Science. He
is in the profession for last 36 years. Since 1978, he is heading the Library
and Documentation Division of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore. Earlier
he has worked in the libraries of National Aeronautical Laboratory
(Bangalore), Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) and University
of Mysore. Dr. Sridhar has published 4 books, 81 research articles, 22
conferences papers, written 19 course materials for BLIS and MLIS, made
over 25 seminar presentations and contributed 5 chapters to books. E-mail:
sridharmirle@yahoo.com, mirlesridhar@gmail.com, sridhar@isac.gov.in ;
Phone: 91-80-25084451; Fax: 91-80-25084476.

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B 2.5 UNITS 2.5 UNITS Odd class-interval

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2. Inferential or statistical analysis :

I. Single variable (Univariate measures)

Frequency distribution of distribution of qualification (educational

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Proportions of books, journals and reports issued from

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Frequency distribution of self-citations of technical reports:

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¾As against discrete data, continuous data like heights of people,

¾Even large quantity of discrete data require compression and

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Chart with figures / symbols

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Less than (or equal) cumulative frequency in %

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Reports (annual intake)

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Books Journals Reports

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For grouped or interval data

fi xi f1x1 +f2 x2+ ….+fn xn

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Formula for Weighted Mean:

Formula for Mean Of Combined Sample:

Formula for Moving Average (

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EX: MEAN OF COMBINED SAMPLE

SHORTCUT OR ASSUMED AVERAGE METHOD

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FOR FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

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Class – Interval Cumulative [ w = N/2 – Cf ]