Vocational skill course · Economics · Semester 5 · TY BA · 2 credits
Module 1: Introduction to Research Methodology and Data Collection (15 Hours. )
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Meaning and scope of social science research, Types of Research, Research Process & steps, Research problem: meaning and Criteria of a good research problem, Research design: concept and types, Hypothesis: meaning, functions, and types, Types of data: Primary & Secondary, Methods of primary data collection, Census and Sample survey, Sampling techniques: Random & Non-random
Module 2: Statistical Tools of Data Analysis (15 Hours )
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Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation Correlation Analysis: Meaning and types of correlation, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation, Rank Correlation, Time series analysis: Meaning and components of time series, Trend analysis using: Moving Averages (3, 4, 5 years).
References
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Bhandarkar, P. L. (1994). Samajik sanshodhan padhati. Himalaya Publishing House.
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D. C., & Kapoor, V. K. (2014). Statistics: Theory, methods and applications. S. Chand.
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Gupta, S. P. (2014). Statistical methods. S. Chand Publishing.
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Kothari, C. R. (2008). Research methodology: Methods and techniques. New Age International Publishers.
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Krishnaswamy, O. R. (1993). Methodology of research in social sciences. Himalaya Publishing House.
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Lerner, J. J., & Zima, P. (1986). Theory and problems of business mathematics. McGraw-Hill.
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Sancheti, D.C. and V.K. Kapoor (2014). Statistics-Theory Methods and Applications, S. Chand.
