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List of Courses for PGD



List of Courses for PGD

Course No
Course Title
Credits
Remarks
First Semester
PGD 5101
Basic Statistics
2
Prerequisite
PGD 5102
Basic Mathematics
2
Prerequisite
PGD 5103
Experimental techniques
2
Compulsory
PGD 5104
Regression Analysis
2
Compulsory
PGD 5105
Sampling Techniques
2
Compulsory
PGD 5106
Use of Statistical Software
2
Compulsory
Second Semester
PGD 5201
Categorical Data Analysis
2
Compulsory
PGD 5202
Nonparametric Statistics
2
Compulsory
PGD 5203
Multivariate Data Analysis
2
Compulsory
PGD 5204
Binary Data Analysis
2
Compulsory
PGD 5205
Experimentation in Medical Sciences
2
Elective
PGD 5206
Statistical Application in Business Statistics
2
Elective
PGD 5207
Special Topics
1
Elective
PGD 5208
Independent Study/Seminar
2
Compulsory

            Basic Statistics (2)
            Frequency distributions and histogram, Measurement of central tendency and dispersion, Stem         and Leaf plots, and box plots, Expected value, Normal distribution, Statistical inference, Point     and interval estimates, Concept of hypothesis testing, Tests for means and variances, analysis of             variance.

            Basic Mathematics (2)
            Preliminaries, Polynomials, Limits and concept of derivative Rules of differentiation,           Applications of derivatives, Concept of integration, Basic Matrix algebra.
                                 
            PGD 5103. Experimental Techniques (2)
            Principals of experimentation, Basic experimental designs, Factorial experiments, Mean   separation, Covariance analysis, Split plot type designs, Incomplete block design, Nested             designs, Confounding in factorial experiments.

            PGD 5104. Regression Analysis (2)
            Simple linear regression model, Correlation, Assumptions in regression, Multiple regression,      Test of goodness of fit, Hereroscedasticity and Autocorrelation, Model Fitting techniques, Non          linear models.

            PGD 5105. Sampling Methods (2)
            Population and sample, simple random sampling, Stratified random sampling, Proportional    allocation, Sample size determination. Cluster sampling, Systematic sampling, Multistage sampling, National Surveys.

            PGD 5106. Use of Statistical software (2)
            Introduction of different statistical software, Basic features of Minitab, SPSS and SAS, Data       entry and Analysis using statistical software.

            PGD 5201. Categorical Data Analysis (2)
            Two-way table, Testing for goodness of fit and interdependence, Structural models for count         data, Log-linear models, Maximum likelihood and weighted least square estimation, Model      selection, Residual analysis.

            PGD 5202. Nonparametic Statistics (2)
            Scale of measurement, Rank correlation, other measures of associations in ranked data, Rank       tests to compare two treatments, Tests to compare more than two treatments, Blocked           comparisons.

            PGD 5203. Multivariate Statistics (2)
            Multivariate normal distribution, Variance and Covariance matrices, Principal component      analysis, Factor analysis, Cluster analysis, Factor analysis, Cluster analysis, Discriminent   function analysis, Multivariate analysis of variance, Canonical correlation.


            PGD 5204. Binary Data Analysis(2)
            Binomial distribution, Odds, odds ratio and relative risk, Testing two proportions, Logit and        Probit models, Conditional logistic regression, Model diagnostics

            PGD 5205. Experimentation in Medical Sciences (2)
            Sampling in clinical sciences, Sampling in epidemiological studies, Case-control studies,            Survival data analysis, reference intervals, analysis of mortality statistics and population            structure 

            PGD 5206. Statistical Application in Business Statistics (2)
            Forecasting in business, Analysis of productivity and efficiency, Statistical quality control,           Conjoint analysis, Use of multivariate statistical methods in business.


            PGD 5207. Special Topics (1)


            PGD 5208. Independent Study/Seminar (2)













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