Project Assignment No.

1 You are required to conduct an internet based research and collect statistical data from published reports (government or private). For example the following data is collected from the Ministry of Tourism which gives the statistical details of No. of tourists visited India Source: http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/mas_July_September_2010.htm, retrieved on 17th July, 2011.

Apr
Air 2008-09 2009-10
2010-11

May
256045 .. .. 1860 .. .. 46456 .. .. 304361 298578 344858

Jun
293705 .. .. 983 .. .. 46851 .. .. 341539 342222 369600

Jul
377765 .. .. 1249 .. .. 52919 .. .. 431933 434525 ..

Aug
336776 .. .. 1303 .. .. 45258 .. .. 383337 350370 ..

Sep
293241 .. .. 1796 .. .. 46656 .. .. 341693 327684 ..

Oct
387940 ..

Nov
480889 ..

Dec
498001 ..

Jan
.. ..

Feb
.. ..

312687 .. .. 5025 .. .. 43389 .. .. 361101 348462 354386

Sea 2008-09 2009-10

2010-11

1719 ..

1986 ..

5929 ..

.. ..

.. ..

Land 2008-09 2009-10

2010-11

60354 ..

48808 ..

29974 ..

.. ..

.. ..

Total 2008-09 2009-10(P)

2010-11(P)

450013 445963

531683 528493

533904 646024

421708 490868

546675 600796

Source: Ministry of Tourism

The above data is collected from a government publication on Indian tourism sector. You may select the sector based on your interest from the following sectors but not restricted to; 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Consumer products like soap, biscuits, oil, etc. Consumer durable goods like 2 wheelers, TVs, Refrigerators etc Services like airlines, restaurants, tourism, banking etc Economic data of India Financial data of any company.

What your group need to do? For the collected data i. Data Brief -

From where collected Why the data was maintained by the source and its importance

ii.

The following concept should be explained using the data that your group will select. Type of data (Nominal, Ordinal, Numerical and Ratio) For the data collected above you are required to discuss how to relate and calculate i. Frequency distributions ii. Relative frequency iii. Cumulative frequency iv. Histograms v. Frequency polygons vi. Ogives (less than and more than) vii. Pie charts viii. Stem and leaf charts ix. Pareto charts x. Scatter plots xi. Mode xii. Median xiii. Mean (arithmetic, weighted, geometric) xiv. Percentiles xv. Deciles xvi. Quartiles xvii. Range xviii. Interquartile range xix. Mean absolute deviation xx. Variance xxi. Standard deviation xxii. Coefficient of variation xxiii. Skewness (negative, positive and symmetric) xxiv. Kurtosis (leptokurtic, platykurtic and mesokurtic) Note: i. ii.

iii.

You may be required to select more than one dataset as covering all the concepts using a single/common dataset may not be possible. The groups should use the following format Concept Name: (for example: Arithmatic Mean) Selection of variable: (tourists visiting India by Air in 2008-09) Formula and calculation steps: Findings and Interpretation of results: Notes if any:

iii. iv. v.

Show all the calculations, steps involved and the graphical outputs wherever necessary. Each group will consist five students (Contact CR for group details) Your team will earn marks on the following criteria

vi. vii.

Authenticity and recency of the data (Data source to be mentioned) Detailed calculations, presentation, flow and valuable interpretation of the results - Oral presentation Last date for submission for all the three sections is on 26th July 2011 before 2 pm. (through Class Representative) Submissions beyond the deadline will be accepted but not evaluated.