Syllabus
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Course Code: ST-201 Course Name: Applied Statistics |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Methods of obtaining demographic data, Rates and ratios, measurement of population at a given time , measurement of mortality : crude death rate , specific rates ,infant mortality rate , perinatal mortality rate , standard death rates . Graduation of mortality rates: Makehams and Gompertz graduation formula, Life table : Construction of a complete life table and its uses. | |
| 2 | Abridged life tables: Kings method, Reed and Merrell’s method, Greville’s method, Keyfitz and Frauenhal’s method and Chiang’s method . Measurement of fertility: Crude birth rate , general fertility rate , age specific fertility rate , total fertility rate , gross reproduction rate and net reproduction rate . Stable and quasi-stable population, Methods of population projection, survival rates : UN model lifetable. | |
| 3 | Demand Analysis– Laws of Demand and Supply, Price and Supply Elasticity of Demand. Partial and Cross Elasticity of Demand. Income Elasticity of Demand. Utility Function Methods of Determining Demand and Supply Curves from Family Budget and Time Series Data, Leontief’s Method, Pigou’s Method Engel Curve and its Different Forms,. Pareto’s Law of Income Distribution. Curves of Concentration. | |
| 4 | Index Numbers and their Construction, Uses of Index Numbers. Price, Quantity and Value Relatives, Link and Chain Relatives, Laspeyer’s, Paashce’s, Marshall –Edge Worth and Fisher’s Index Numbers, Chain Base Index Numbers, Tests for Index Numbers. Base Shifting, Splicing and Deflating of Index Numbers. Cost of Living Index Numbers. Official Statistics: National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and Central Statistics Office (CSO) and their role in national development. | |
