Syllabus (ANTHROPOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-15

Semester: 8

Course Code: BANTMAJ15C

Course Title: Basic Statistics & Computer Application

(L-P-Tu): 3-1-0

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Combined

Course Objective: To understand the type and quantity of data need to be collected.  To learn how to organize and summarize the data.  Analyzing the data and drawing conclusions from it.

Learning Outcome: The students will learn how to collect data, followed by data entry, data validation, data analyses, interpretation of the result, uses of statistical packages.

BANTMJ15C: Basic Statistics & Computer Application 4 credits

Total Marks: 50 (30 theory + 20 practical)

Unit – I: Nature of data: Quantitative and Qualitative; Discrete and Continuous variables.

Tabulation of Data - Frequency distribution, Class interval and Class limit,

Cumulative and relative frequencies; Graphical representations.

Data distribution: normal and others, z-distribution.

Measurements of Central tendency (Arithmetic Mean, Median, Mode) and Dispersion (Range, Variance, SD and SE of Mean), inferential statistics (Chi-square and t-test).

Unit – II: Use of spreadsheet for statistical analyses like MS-EXCEL, IBM-SPSS etc.

Practical 20 marks

Use of primary or secondary data, data entry, data analyses, data interpretation, and report writing. Using of any one or more statistical softwares like MS-Excel/ IBM-SPSS etc.

References

Pagano M and Gauvreau K. (2000). Principles of Biostatistics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Das D and Das A.1993. Statistics in Biology and Psychology. Kolkata: Academic Publishers

Madrigal, L. (2012) Statistics for Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Zar, J.H. 2010. Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice-Hall.

Saldaña, J. 2011. Fundamentals of Qualitative Research. Oxford University Press.