Syllabus (PHYSICAL EDUCATION)

Course Type: MAJ-12

Semester: 7

Course Code: BPEDMAJ12T

Course Title: APPLIED STATISTICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS

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

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: Enhancement of knowledge regarding need and importance of Statistics in Physical Education and Sports evaluation. Enhancement of knowledge regarding the general and specific statistical techniques applied in Physical Education and Sports.

Learning Outcome: Students are getting ready to deal general and specific statistics for getting the result analysis.

UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED STATISTICS (Hour-20)

1.1 Meaning, Definition, Function, need and importance of applied Statistics in Physical Education and Sports.

1.2 Constructions of Frequency table. Graphical representation, Histogram, Ogive.

1.3 Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, median and mode): Meaning, uses & Calculation

(both group and ungroup data).

1.4 Measures of Variability and its type (Range, Quartile Deviation, Average Deviation,

Standard Deviation): Meaning, uses, Calculation (both group and ungrouped data).

UNIT 2 –PROBABLILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND STANDARD SCALE (Hour-20)

2.1 Meaning of probability, Normal curve, Properties of normal Curve.

2.2 Divergence form normality – Skewness and Kurtosis.

2.3 .Calculation and advantage of Scale: Z-Scale, Hull Scale and T- scale & Percentile scale.

2.4 Level of Significance and Degree of Freedom.

UNIT 3 –COMPARATIVE STATISTICS (Hour-20)

3.1 Correlation: Meaning, Types and Magnitude. Co-efficient of correlation.

3.2 Calculation of correlation-Rank difference and Product moment (Grouped data and

ungrouped data).

3.3 Construction of Norms.

3.4 Concept: Regression and Prediction.

UNIT 4 – INFERENTIAL STATISTICS/SIGNIFICANCE OF MEANS AND OTHER STATISTIC (Hour-20)

4.1 Standard error, type-I & type II error, one tailed and two tailed test.

4.2 Dependent and independence “t”- test with interpretation of the results.

4.3 Nonparametric test: Chi Square test.

4.4 Concept of ANOVA and ANCOVA.

ASSIGNMENT: - (Hour-10)

One assignment from Unit-I.

One assignment from Unit-II.

One assignment from Unit-III.

One assignment from Unit-IV.

REFERENCE

Best J. W (1971) Research in Education, New Jersey; Prentice Hall, Inc

Clark D.H. (1999) Research Problem in Physical Education 2nd edition, Eaglewood Cliffs, Prentice

Hall, Inc.

Jerry R Thomas & Jack K Nelson (2000) Research Methods in Physical Activities; Illonosis;

Human Kinetics;

Kamlesh, M. L. (1999) Reserach Methodology in Physical Education and Sports, New Delhi

Rothstain A (1985) Research Design and Statistics for Physical Education, Englewood Cliffs:

Prentice Hall, Inc

Sivaramakrishnan. S. (2006) Statistics for Physical Education, Delhi; Friends Publication

Thirumalaisamy (1998), Statistics in Physical Education, Karaikudi, SenthilkumarPublications.