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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The Descriptive Statistics by Swayam helps the students to learn the course on their self-paced time as it is an online programme. This is an elective course through which the learners can boost up their knowledge in statistics. Users also learn this course along with the subject chosen at the college/university to build a strong basement in this field.

This helps them to gain knowledge and enhance their skill is the desired field. They can also view an introductory video about this course before joining.

Participants, who opt for the certification for this programme, have to write an end-term exam which is proctored. This course is also offered with credits that can be added to their university/college credits to increase their score. This certification is more valuable for career opportunities as it is offered by Swayam, an initiative by the Government of India.

The Highlights

Elective course
Self-paced program
4 credit course
Online course
Instruction language is English
Course duration is 12 weeks
Undergraduate level course
Course offered by Swayam
Transfer of credits available
Certification provided
Certificate of completion by Yuvaraja’s College

Programme Offerings

assignments
assessment
video lectures
Discussion Forums
Reading Materials
quizzes
assessments

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Yuvaraja's College, Mysore

Eligibility Criteria

Education

The Descriptive Statistics online course can be taken by users who are pursuing an undergraduate degree.

Certification Qualifying Details

The students who score 40% marks in-course assessment and 40% marks in the proctored end-term exams are eligible for the Descriptive Statistics certification. They are also eligible for credit transfer when they obtain the above-mentioned marks.

What you will learn

Statistical skills

Descriptive Statistics benefits the users who attempt this program.

The brief explanation about the types of statistical data and frequency distribution makes the candidates understand the purpose.
Stem and leaf plot, box plot, etc. teaches them how to plot and analyze statistics.
They will know about different types of mean and mode from this course.
They will learn the concepts of Arithmetic, trimmed, and corrected mean with the help of the problems given.
Dispersion and absolute and relative measures of dispersion are learned by them.
The more detailed description and methods in moments, skewness, and kurtosis are learned by working out the problems given.
The problems on attributes and product-moment correlation coefficient are taught and solved by them.
They learn the fitting of various curves such as the parabolic, exponential, geometric curves.
The rank correlation coefficient is understood deeply as practical problems are given for it.
They will learn partial & multiple correlation & regression practically from the Descriptive Statistics training.

Who it is for

The Descriptive Statistics certification course can be learned by the users listed below.

All the interested candidates can participate in this course.

Admission Details

The Descriptive Statistics certification course can be joined by following the steps given below.

Step 1: The users can visit the https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec21_ma01/preview link to join this course.

Step 2: They should fill in the application form given after clicking “Join”.

Step 3: After submitting the application form, they will receive an email regarding the course details.

Step 4: Once the course is started, they can access the video contents and assignments.

Step 5: They should submit the assignments/assessments given for each week of the course to score a grade.

Step 6: After the completion of the course and assignments, they will receive mail regarding the Descriptive Statistics fees details and exam dates.

The Syllabus

Types of statistical data
Secondary data
Primary data
Frequency distribution

Stem and leaf plot
Diagrammatic and grouped data
Concept of central tendency
Box plot

Geometric mean
Median and mode
Arithmetic mean
Harmonic mean

Mode, median and partition values (part-1)
Mode, median and partition values (part-2)
Arithmetic mean, weighted mean, trimmed mean, corrected mean- part-1
Arithmetic mean, weighted mean, trimmed mean, corrected mean- part-2

Concept of variation and dispersion
Measures of Dispersion
Absolute and relative measures of dispersion (Part -1)
Absolute and relative measures of dispersion (Part -2)

Skewness and kurtosis and their measures
Moments
Problems on moments, skewness & kurtosis

Fitting of curves by least square method
Problems on association of attributes
Fitting of linear curve

Fitting of exponential curve
Fitting of parabolic curves
Fitting of geometric curves

Product moment correlation coefficient and its properties
Scatter diagram
Practical- problems on product moment correlation coefficient

Practicals on rank correlation coefficient
Rank correlation
Fitting of linear regression and related results

Multiple correlation and regression in three variables
Practicals: problems on regression of two variables
Measures and related results of multiple and partial correlation and regression in three variables

Practicals on partial & multiple correlation & regression
Partial correlation and regression in three variables
Coefficient of determination

Instructors

Yuvaraja's College, Mysore Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What is the pattern of the end term exam of the Descriptive Statistics training?

The end-term exam pattern of this training consists of 100 questions. This shall carry 70% of the overall result.

2: What are the books and references available for this Descriptive Statistics certification syllabus?

The books and reference for this course are given below

Dr.Sathyaprasad, BG., Chikkodi, CM., Business Statistics, Himalaya Publications, 2006
Aggarwal, SL., Business Mathematics & Statistics, Kalyani Publishers, 2007
Gupta, SC., & Gupta, Indira., Business Statistics, Himalaya Publication (5th Edition), 2010 – 714p
Aggarwal, SL., Business Mathematics & Statistics, Kalyani Publishers, 2007

3: Are the credits transferable for this course? How?

Yes, the course credits are transferable to the academic records of the students for the courses done through Swayam. It depends on the university/college to add these credits.

4: What is the length of this program?

The length of the Descriptive Statistics program is 12 weeks. The learners need to complete the course syllabus within the time period given.

5: Is the end-term exam online?

No, usually the end-term exam is offline and it is also proctored. The students need to go to the exam center to be assigned or chosen at the time of registration for the exam.

6: What are the materials available to learn this course?

The syllabus lecture is given through the recorded video contents along with the text materials such as notes, books, and references for this course.

7: Is the certificate provided to the students who pursue the free track of this course?

No, the certificate is given only on completing the registration for the end exam and Swayam certificate by paying the fees mentioned. These details are sent to the students through the mail after joining and continuing the course.

8: Is this program content available in regional language?

All the courses in Swayam are available in English which is a common and known language to the students. They are expected to know the basics of this language.

9: What are the technological and hardware necessities for this program?

Since this is an online course and the students can learn the concepts whenever they have time, they require any device such as smartphones, desktops, or laptops with a good internet connection.