EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS 8614 pdf

Statistics is of vital importance in vast variety of fields. Particularly it is invaluable for the field of research. In research and particularly in educational research following questions cannot be answered without the use of proper statistical techniques.

 What kind and how much data we need to collect?

 How should we organize and summarize the data?

 How can we analyze the data and draw conclusion from it?

 How can we assess the strength of the conclusion and evaluate their uncertainty?

Owing to the importance, this course is included for prospective B Ed. graduates. The very first unit of the course introduces, its characteristics, functions, its importance and limitations and its application in educational research. Basic overview of descriptive and inferential statistics, variables and its types, scientific method and notation used in the subject is also given in this unit. Unit 2 explains some basic concepts like variable, data, population sample. Unit 3 elaborate graphical representation or exploratory data analysis techniques. Unit 4 highlights some basic techniques of measures of dispersion like range, mean deviation, variance and standard deviation, and measures of shape like skewness and kurtosis. Measures of central tendency like mean, median and mode are described in unit 5. Unit 6 deals with inferential statistics, its logic and importance in educational research. Hypothesis testing, its logic, errors in hypothesis testing and t-test and its types are also discussed in this unit. Correlation along with Pearson and Spearman correlation method and regression and its types are discussed in unit 7. Unit 8 deals with ANOVA, logic behind using ANOVA, F-distribution, one-way ANOVA and multiple comparison procedures. Chi-square (χ2) distribution, its uses and types are discussed in unit 9.

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