Syllabus (ECONOMICS)

Course Type: SEC-1

Semester: 1

Course Code: BECOSEC01T

Course Title: Data Analysis

(L-P-Tu): 2-0-1

Credit: 3

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective:

Learning Outcome: Course Objective: How to handle the data with computer application will be teach here. Such course will helps the learners regarding management of data. Course Specific Outcome: The said course will generate skills on data collection, presentation and ana

1. Unit 1: Data Collection: (15)
   Definitions and Types of Data; Sources of Data; Population Census versus Sample Surveys; Questionnaire; Sources of Indian Data (Economic Survey, RBI Bulletin on Currency and Finance, ASI Data, Foreign Trade Statistics, NSS Consumer Surveys)

2. Unit 2: Data Presentation: (15)

Tabulation from Raw Data; Frequency Distribution and summary Statistics; Graphical Presentation (Line, Bar, Pie, Histogram, Ogive, Pictograph)

3. Unit 3: Data Analysis: (15)
   Central Tendency; Dispersion; Moments; Analysis using MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Reading References:

► P.H. Karmel and M. Polasek, 1978, Applied Statistics for Economists, 4^th edition, Pitman.
► M.R. Spiegel, 2003, Theory and Problems of Probability and Statistics, Schaum Series.

►Goon, A. M., Gupta, M. K., & Dasgupta, B., 1985, Fundamentals of Statistics (Volume I), The World Press Private Ltd.

►R.V. Hogg and A.T. Craig, An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Third Edition, Amerind, New York, London

► Official websites of RBI, Government of India, NSS, ASI.