2. Presented By
Ms. A. DALLY MARIA EVANGELINE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
BON SECOURS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU 06
MATHEMATICAL
STATISTICS I
4. To learn basic concepts of statistics
To learn the basic ideas of statistical data
5. Statistics
• Numerical statement of facts in any department
• Classified facts representing the conditions of the
people in a state….. Specially those facts which can
be stated in number or in tables of numbers
6. Statistics
• Branch of scientific methods which deals with the
data obtained by counting or measuring the
properties of population of natural phenomenon
• Deals with the method of collecting, classifying,
presenting comparing and interpreting numerical da
ta collected to throw some light on any sphere of
inquiry
7. Importance and Scope
• Statistics and planning
• Statistics and mathematics
• Statistics and economics
• Statistics and biology
8. Statistical data
• Data are individual pieces of factual information
recorded and used for the purpose of analysis
• Raw information from which statistics are created
• Statistics deals with collection, analysis and inter -
pretation of numerical data
9. Types of data
• Primary Data – first hand data gathered by the
researcher himself
• Secondary Data – data collected by someone else
earlier – data already available in library, internet
• Grouped and ungrouped data
15. General Characteristics of
Quantitative Data
• Measure of Central Tendency – I unit
• Measure of Dispersion
• Measure of Skewness
• Measure of Kurtosis
II unit
16. Averages or Measure of
Central Tendency
• Arithmetic Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Geometric Mean
• Harmonic Mean