Syllabus (EDUCATION)

Course Type: MAJ-12

Semester: 7

Course Code: BEDCMAJ12T

Course Title: Statistics in Educational Research

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: Learning Objective and Learning Outcome: After completion of the course, the students will be able to: Know the Concept Scope and Need of Educational statistics. Make organization, tabulation and graphical representation of Data. Measure the Central Ten

Learning Outcome: Learning Objective and Learning Outcome: After completion of the course, the students will be able to: Know the Concept Scope and Need of Educational statistics. Make organization, tabulation and graphical representation of Data. Measure the Central Ten

M-XII

Statistics in Educational Research

[Credit: 5+1]

Learning Objective and Learning Outcome:

After completion of the course, the students will be able to:

1. Know the Concept Scope and Need of Educational statistics.
2. Make organization, tabulation and graphical representation of Data.
3. Measure the Central Tendency and Measure the Variability.
4. Compute Coefficient of Correlation by using various methods.
5. Know the Concept of Normal Distribution, its Properties and Uses.

Course Contents:

Unit-I: Basics of Statistics

1. Concept, Scope and Need of Educational Statistics
2. Organization and Tabulation of Data – frequency distribution
3. Graphical Representation of Data

Unit-II: Descriptive Statistics

1. Measures of Central Tendency – Mean, Median and Mode
2. Measures of Dispersion – Range, AD, SD, QD and Percentile and Percentile Rank
3. Concept of Correlation –Rank difference method and Product moment method, Interpretation of Co-efficient of Correlation

Unit-III: Inferential Statistics

1. 1. Concept of Normal Distribution – Properties and Uses
   2. Divergence from Normality – Skewness and Kurtosis
2. Derived Scores – Z-Score, Standard Score

Suggested Books:

Aggrwal, Y.P. (1988): Statistical Methods-Concepts, Application and Computation, New Delhi: Streling.

Ferguson, G.A. (1976). Statistical Analysis in Psychology and Education,NewYork:McGraw Hill.

Garret.H.E (1988). Statistics in Psychology and Education Bombay: Vakils, Ferrer& Simons Ltd

Guilford, J.P. &Fruchter, B. (1974).Fundamental Statistics in Psychology & Education. New York: McGraw Hill

Mangal, S.K. (2008). Statistics in Education and Psychology, New Delhi: Prentice Hall.

Rath, R. K.(1999) Fundamentals of Educational Statistics & Measurement, Orissa: TaratariniPustakalaya.

Saha, Kaberi (2012)Statistics In Education And Psychology, New Delhi: Asian Books Private Ltd

Sahu, B.K. (2004) Statistics in Psychology & Education, Kalyani Publishers.