VPM’s ADVANCED STUDY CENTRE

Conducts

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSE IN

APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICS

Details:

Duration:        Nine Months (July to March)

Timings:         6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (2/3 days in a week)

Eligibility:        B. A. / B. Com. / B. Sc.

Commencement : July / August

 

PAPER - I : Basic Statistics
1. Introduction, data and its type. Representation of data, Diagrammatic representation of data.
2. Measures of central tendency - Mean, Median, Mode
Measures of dispersion : Range, Standard deviation, Co efficient of variation
Moments. Measures of skew ness, Kurtosis based on moments
3. Bi-variate data, correlation, multivariate data : partial and multiple correlation
4. Probability : definition, addition and multiplication rules, discrete and continuous r.v.s., Binomial, Poisson, exponential, normal distribution
5. Sampling distribution of sample mean, sample proportion
6. Concept of t, F, Chi-square distribution
7. Testing of hypothesis.
i) Large sample test, small sample test for sample mean and sample proportion
ii) Test for correlation coefficient
iii) Chi-square test for independence of attributes
iv) Chi-square test for goodness fit
8. Analysis of variance CRD, RBD
9. Linear regression
Bivariate and multivariate regression. Coefficient of determination , Logistic Regression Model.
10. Estimation.
Point and internal estimation for population mean, population proportion, population variance

PAPER - II
SEC - I :
1. Mathematics of finance : simple and compound interest. Present value, annuities, present value of annuity. NPV (Net Present Value). Internal rate of return (IRR). Discounted pay back period.
Nominal and effective rates of interest. Varying rates of interest. Equation of value. Equated time of payment. The investment and risk characteristics.
2. Time series analysis / forecasting.
3. Quality control: Principles of control. Process quality control of attributes and variables. Sampling plans and sampling system.

SEC - II : Optional (Any one)
1) Clinical trials:
2) Actuarial Science
3) Statistical validation for analytical purpose
4) Financial Analysis
5) Marketing Research.

Ø Practicals based on the topics using statistical package on computers and Project.

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ADDRESS:

VPM's ADVANCED STUDY CENTRE
C/o. B. N. BANDODKAR COLLEGE OF SCIENCE,
THANE COLLEGE CAMPUS, NR. CIDCO BUS STOP,
THANE (W). 400 602. MAHARASHTRA. INDIA.

Tel: (91-22) 25339871
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