Content of Statistical Analysis
Contents of Statistical Analysis
UPSC Syllabus:
- Statistical Analysis, graph and diagrams : This part will test the candidate’s ability to draw conclusions from information presented in Statistical, graphical or diagrammatical form and to interpret them.
Statistics: Meaning, Scope and Limitations
- Concept
- Functions of Statistics
- Limitations
- Misuses
Collection of Data
Classification & Seriation of Data
- Objectives and Characteristics of Classification
- Types of Classification
- Variables and frequency Distribution
- Works Examples
Presentation of Data: Tabulation
- Meaning and Objectives
- Parts of a Table
- Rules of Tabulation
- Types of Tabulation
- Worked Examples
Presentation of Data: Diagrams
- Introduction
- General Rules of Construction
- Types of Diagrams
- Worked Examples
Presentation of Data: Graphs
- Fundamentals
- Graphs of Time Series of Historigrams
- Graphs of Frequency Distribution
- Basis Types of Frequency Curves
- Advantages of Graphs
- Limitation
- The Misuse of Graphs
- Worked Examples
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation
- Ratios and Precentages
- Dispersion
- Probability
- Index Number
- Probability
- Index Numbers
- Correlation
- Regression
- Analysis of Time Series
- Interpolation and Extrapolation
- Interpretation
