STATISTICS
Paper - I
Marks - 100
1. Introduction to Statistics : Definition and scope, Scope of Statistics, Classification, Variables.
2. Presentation of Data : Charts or Diagrams, Types of diagrams.
3. Grouping Data: Frequency Distribution, General rules for forming frequency, Graphical
presentation of frequency distribution, Relative frequency distribution.
4. Measures of Central Tendency: The Arithmetic mean, the Median, The Mode, The Geometric
Mean. The Harmonic Mean, Finding Measures of Central tendency from Grouped data, Graphical
determination of Measures of Central tendency, Comparative discussion on measures of central
tendency.
5. Measures of Dispersion : Dispersion or variation, Measures of dispersion from grouped data,
Interpretation of Standard deviation, Chebyshev rule, Normal rule, Relative dispersion:
Coefficient of Variation.
6. Skewness and Kurtosis : Skewness, Kurtosis, Skewness and kurtosis from graphical displays,
Descriptive measures of skewness and kurtosis.
7. Regression and correlation : Simple regression and correlation. Least squares estimates of simple
linear regression, regression coefficient and correlation coefficient. Rank correlation, correlation
ratio and partial correlation. Multiple regression and Multiple correlation coefficient. Coefficient
of determination.
8. Demography : Crude birth and death rates, Fertility rate, Age specific and total fertility rates,
Population growth in Bangladesh, Migration, Nuptiality.
9. Index Number: Definition, Properties of index numbers, Significance of index numbers,
Classification of index numbers, Simple Index Number, Un weighted indices, Simple average of
price index, Simple Aggregate Index, Weighted Indices, Laspeyres index, Paasche method,
Fisher's Ideal Index, Weighted average of relatives.
10. Time Series Analysis : Components of a time series. Measurement of secular trend, seasonal
variations, cyclical variations and measurement of irregular variations.
11. Sampling : Statistical population and sample. Advantages and disadvantages of sampling over
census. Sample design. Probability and non-probability sampling. Simple random sampling,
stratified random sampling and systematic sampling. Cluster sampling, Sampling error and non-
sampling error. Determination of sample size.
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STATISTICS
Paper - II
Marks - 100
1. Concept of probability : Basic Definitions, Approaches of Defining probability, Basic properties of
probabilities, Notation and Graphical displays for events.
2. Rules of Probability : Special Addition rule, The complementation Rule, General Addition rule,
Bivariate data and Contingency table. Joint and marginal probabilities, Multiplication rules,
Conditional probabilities, Concept of Bayes' Theorem.
3. Random Variables and probability Distributions : Random variable, Discrete Probability
Distribution, Binomial Probability, Hypergeometric distribution, Poisson distribution, Normal
distribution.
4. Sampling Distribution: Sampling distribution of the sample mean for a normally distributed variable,
The Central Limit Theorem (CLT), Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean, Sampling distribution of
the sample proportion, Sampling distribution of function of mean and proportion. Confidence interval,
Confidence interval of Population mean. Depermination of Sample size, Sampling for estimating
mean, Sampling for estimating proportion.
5. Basic Concepts of Hypothesis Testing : Null and Alternative hypothesis, simple and composite
hypotheses, Test statistic, acceptance and rejection regions, type I and type II errors, the significance
level, one tailed and two tailed tests, general procedure for test of hypothesis. Tests based on normal,
student's t,F, and X2 distribution. The Z- test for two population means. The pooled t-test for two
population means. The paired t-test for two population means.
6. Analysis of Variance : Concept of analysis of variance, treatment, response, extraneous variables,
One-Way Anova Model, Estimate of The Model Parameters, Hypothesis Testing In Anova. Two-Way
Anova, significance of Correlation and rank correlation coefficients. Multiple comparison test. Two-
way analysis of variance with and without interaction.
7. Experimental Designs: Basic principles of Experimental Design. Randomization, Replication and
Local control. The completely Randomized Design (CRD), Randomized Complete Block Design
(RCBD) and Latin square Design.
