MBA014 - Data Analysis for Decision
Making |
S.No |
Topic |
No. of Hours |
1 |
Data and Statistics
Data sets & sources of data
Qualitative v. quantitative data
Scales of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval & ratio)
Cross- sectional, time series & descriptive statistics |
4 |
2 |
Descriptive Statistics : Numerical Methods
Numerical measures of location
Dispersion
Sample statistics
population parameters & point estimators
Measures of central location
mean, median, mode, percentiles & quartiles
Measures of variability
Range, inter-quartile range, variance, standard deviation
Measures of relative location & detection of outliers– z – scores
Sample variance & standard deviations
Descriptive statistics tool |
7 |
3 |
Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods
Frequency & relative frequency distributions
Cumulative frequency & cumulative relative frequency distribution
Data presentations
Bar graphs, pie charts, histograms, ogive and Stem-n-leaf |
5 |
4 |
Concepts of Probability
Experiment and Sample Space
Events and Operations with Events
Probability of an Event
Basic Probability Rules
Binomial Probability distribution
Normal Probability Distribution |
6 |
5 |
Parametric Vs. Non-Parametric test
Univariate Testing: Procedures for testing hypothesis, Selected hypothesis tests –
Z Tests, t test, chi square, Bivariate statistics: Parametric tests – Z test – Differences between mean t test – Difference between mean ANOVA – Regression Analysis – Correlation Analysis
Bivariate Statistics: Non parametric Tests, Chi Square Test of Independence, Rank tests |
13 |
Total |
35 |
|
References |
S.No |
Authors Name |
Book Name |
Publisher |
Year of
Publishing |
1 |
Aczel Amir
Sounderpandian Jayvel |
Complete Business Statistics
6th Edition |
Tata McGraw Hill |
2006 |
2 |
Richard I.Levin and
David S.Rubin |
Statistics for Management |
Prentice Hall of
India Pvt. Ltd |
1997 |
3 |
Hooda P.R |
Statistics for Business and
Economics 3rd Edition |
Tata McGraw Hill |
2007 |
4 |
Taylor |
Business Statistics 2e |
Palgrave Macmillan |
2006 |
5 |
R. Nandagopal
K. Arun Rajan & N Vivek |
Research Methods in
Business |
Excel Books |
2007 |
6 |
David R. Anderson
Dennis J. Sweeney
Thomas A. Williams |
Statistics for Business & Economics 9th Edition |
Thomson South-
Western |
2005 |
7 |
Dey B.R |
Textbook of managerial
Statistics |
Macmillan India
Ltd |
2005 |
8 |
Shenoy G.V.
Pant Madan |
Statistical Methods in
Business and Social Sciences |
Macmillan India
Ltd |
2006 |
9 |
Doane P.David
Seward E.Lori |
Applied Statistics in
Business and Economics |
Tata McGraw Hill |
2007 |
10 |
Beri |
Business Statistics
2nd Edition |
Tata McGraw Hill |
2005 |
11 |
R.S.Bhardwaj |
Business Statistics |
Excel Books |
1999 |
12 |
Aditham B. Rao |
Quantitative Techniques |
Jaico Publishing
House |
2006 |
13 |
Gupta S.C. and
Kapoor V.K |
Fundamentals of
Mathematical Statistics |
Sultan Chand
& Sons |
2002 |
14 |
R S Bhardwaj |
Business statistics |
Excel Books |
2005 |
15 |
Levin & Rubin |
Statistics for Management |
PHI, 7th Edition |
2006 |
16 |
Moore |
The Practice of Business
Statistics |
Worth Publishers |
2006 |
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