Session Plan

Each session is of two hours and 2 sessions per week. During this semester, there will be 14
working weeks equivalent to 24 sessions in total to complete the course.

Session Plan/Data Analysis, HNRS, Semester II, 2009

Session Dates Prior Assignment/

Topic
2009 Reading Submission
Introduction to Data Analysis; Conceptual Relevant
1
Framework for Data Analysis. texts
Survey, Census and Sampling Relevant
2 Frequency Distributions; texts
Variables: Continuous and discrete
Histograms, Frequency Polygons and Relevant
3 Frequency Curves, Cumulative Frequency texts
Distributions, Pie-charts; Stem and Leaf Plot
Measures of central tendency (Mean, Relevant
4 Median, Mode), Quartiles, deciles and texts
percentiles - I
Relevant
Measures of central tendency (Mean, Median,
5 texts
Mode), Quartiles, deciles and percentiles - II
Relevant
Measures of Dispersion (Range, Q.D., M.D.
6 texts
S.D. and C.V.) - I
Measures of Dispersion (Range, Q.D., M.D. Relevant
7
S.D. and C.V.) - II texts
Relevant
8 Measure of Curves: Skewness and Kurtosis
texts Assignments 1 & 2
Correlation Analysis: Simple (Karl Pearson, Relevant
9 Spearman) ; Multiple and Partial Correlation texts Submit Assignments 1 & 2
Analysis
Regression Analysis ( Simple and Multiple); Relevant
10
Least Square Methods - I texts
Regression Analysis ( Simple and Multiple); Relevant
11
Least Square Methods - II texts
Methods of Sampling (Probability and non- Relevant
12
probability) texts
Sources and Types of errors : Sampling and Relevant
13
Census texts
Probability and its related terms: Relevant
Mutually exclusive and non-exclusive texts
14 events, Independent and dependent events
Permutations and combinations
The rules of Addition and Multiplication
Relevant
15 Binomial Distribution, Poisson Distribution
texts
Relevant Mid-term Exam
16 Normal Distribution & its Properties
texts or Special Assignment 3 & 4
Theory on Point Estimation and Interval Relevant
17 Submit Special Assignment
Estimation; Sample size Estimation texts
Relevant
Confidence Intervals using Normal
18 texts
Distribution and t Distribution.

1
 Basics on Testing of Hypothesis Relevant
Type I and Type II Errors involved in texts
19
Hypothesis Testing, Steps in HP;
The p value approach
Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Relevant
20
Z-test texts
Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval: Relevant
21 Assignment 5 & 6
T-test , Paired T-test & F-test texts
Hypothesis Testing: Relevant
22 Submit Assignment 5 & 6
Chi-square Test texts
Relevant
23 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
texts
Relevant
24 Review of Past Problems
texts

Note: Problems related to each topic will be solved immediate after the theoretical classes.

Best of luck and labor