CHRIST UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE -29 Department of Management studies

II Sem BBM Course Plan 2010 - 11

Subject : Business Statistics Paper Code : BBM 233 Faculty ; Roy Mathew / Sunitha Panickar / Leena James Course Objectives: The major objectives are 1. To give the students a basic knowledge of Statistical methods and their applications 2. To develop analytical skills among students. 3. To use these techniques for making better decisions Prescribed course text
1. Business Statistics by J K SHARMA PEARSON EDUCATION Suggested Readings 1. G C Beri- TMH Publication 2. Statistical methods by S P Gupta Sultan Chand

Assessment Pattern Tests and end semester exams Micro Projects Class Participation / evaluation Presentations / Seminars Course Plan Week Unit Topic Week 1 1 Introduction Development of statistics, Analytical statistics, computer in statistics. Need for research, Data collection, Sources of data for research, methods of primary data collection, sample and population, need for sampling, types of sampling. Summarizing data classification, tabulation, frequency distribution Data presentation Diagrammatic representation of data graphic representation of data Measures of central tendency and dispersion Arithmetic mean, Weighted mean,

No.of hours 3 hrs 1 1 1 4hrs 1 1 1 1 8hrs 1 1 1

Dates 8h to 13th Nov 10

Methodology Lecture / discussion And micro project

(10th to 30th Nov)

Learn through micro projects/self study

Week 2

15th to 20th Nov

Lecture /self study

median, mode, Week 3 2 range, quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation, coefficient of variation Linear correlation Scatter diagram, Karl Pearson s and Spearmans methods, Linear Regression Regression coefficients, lines of regression, problems relation between correlation coefficient and regression coefficients Probability Probability distributions meaning Discrete and continuous p.d, Normal distribution Sampling distribution Sampling and non sampling errors Sampling distribution of a statistic, sampling from finite population, standard error, utility of S.E Estimation Confidence Interval estimation of mean, proportion, Hypothesis testing I Null and alternative hypotheses, significance level, confidence level, Type I and Type II errors, critical region. MID SEMESTER EXAMS Hypothesis testing II Large and small sample tests Test for single mean and Test for difference of means Problems test for single proportion and test for difference of proportions Testing- contd t test for single mean and

1 1 1 1 1 4hrs 1 2 1 3hrs 1 1 1 3hrs 1 1 1 2hrs 1 1 4hrs 4hrs 1 1 1 1 6hrs 1 1 1 1 1 1 4hrs 1 13th to 18h Dec 21 to 22nd Dec Lecture 22nd 27th nov Lecture

Week 4 Week 5

29nd to 4th Dec 6th to 9th Dec

Discussions/lec ture Lecture

Week 6 Week 7

Lecture

Week 8 Week 9

5 6

3th to 8th Jan 11 10th to 15th Jan

Lecture Lecture

Week 10

27th to 29rd Jan

Field work application

Week 11

31st Jan to 5th Feb

Application

Week 12 & 13

Week 14 & 15

Week 16

t test for single proportion, Chi square test for independence of attributes. Problems Time series Analysis and Forecasting Importance, components, Trend Free hand method, method of semi averages, method of moving averages, problems method of least squares problems Forecasting methods of forecasting Index Numbers Introduction- Uses of Index numbers types Problems in the construction of Index numbers, Method of Constructing index numbers. problems Tests of consistency of Index numberUnit test, Time Reversal Test, Factor Reversal Test, Cost of living Index Number, WPI, IIP Revision

1 1 1 7hrs 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7hrs 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7th Feb to 19th Feb Lecture

21rd Feb to 5th Mar

Lecture

3hrs

7th 11th Mar

ASSESSMENTS Sl no 1 2 3 Assessme nt CIA 2 CIA 3 CIA 3 Topic Diagrammatic and graphic representation Estimation and Hypothesis Testing Any topic Mode of assessmen t Micro project Quiz Evaluatio ns Date of announceme nt 10th Nov 10 31st Jan 11 Dec 10 Date of Mark Submissio s n 30th 20 Nov10 7th Feb 11 Dec/Jan 10 10

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