Subject Code: MGT 202
Course Title: Business Statistics Syllabus
Course No: MGT 202
Nature of Course: Theory & Practical
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 35
Credit Hours: 150
Unit 1: Introduction to Statistics
Meaning, scope and limitation of statistics, Importance of statistics in Business and Management, Types and
sources of data, Methods of collection of primary and secondary data, Precautions in using; secondary data,
Problems of data collection.
Unit 2: Classification and Presentation of Data
Data classification (need, meaning, objectives and types of classification); Construction of frequency
distribution and its principles; Presentation of data: Tabular presentation; Diagrammatic presentation: Bar
diagram, Pie diagram; Graphic presentation: Histogram, frequency polygon, Frequency Curve and Ogive
(Illustrations related to Business and Management).
Unit 3: Measures of Central Tendency
Mean: Simple and Weighted (Arithmetic Mean, Geometric Mean and harmonic Mean), median, partition
values, mode, Properties of averages, choice and general limitation of an average.
Unit 4: Measures of Dispersion
Absolute and relative measures, Range, Quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation, coefficient of
variation, Lorenz curve.
Unit 5: Skewness, Kurtosis and Moments
Meaning, objective and measurement of Skewness, Karl Pearson’s and Bowley’s Method; Five Number
Summary, Box-Whisker Plot; Kurtosis and its measurement by Percentile method; Meaning of moments,
Central and Raw moments and their relationship; Measurement of Skewness and Kurtosis by moment
method.
Unit 6: Simple Correlation and Regression Analysis
Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient including bi-variate frequency distribution, coefficient of determination,
Probable Error, Spearman’s Rank Correlation coefficient; Concept of Linear and Non-linear regression;
Simple linear regression equations including bi-variate frequency distribution, Properties of regression
coefficients.
Unit 7: Analysis of Time Series
Meaning, need and components of time series. Measurement of trend: Semi-average, moving average, method
of least squares; Measurement of seasonal variation: Method of simple average and Ratio to moving average
Unit 8: Index Numbers
Meaning and types of Index Number; General rule and problems in construction of Index Number
Methods of constructing index numbers: Simple and weighted (Aggregative and Price Relative Method)
Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s Index Number, Fisher’s Ideal Index Number; Time and Factor Reversal Tests
Cost of living index number (Consumer’s price index number): Aggregative Expenditure Method and Family
Budget Method, Base shifting and Deflating
Unit 9: Probability
Definition of probability, Addition and Multiplication theorem, Application of Combination in Probability,
Conditional probability and Baye’s Theorem.
Unit 10: Sampling and Estimation
Meaning of sample and population, census versus sampling, Sampling Techniques, Concept of Sampling
distribution, standard error, Estimation, estimator; Concept of types of estimates: Point and Interval
Unit 11: Quantitative Analysis
Introduction to quantitative analysis; Application of management science: Scientific approach to decision
making, Decision making under the condition of uncertainty and risk, Expected Profit, Expected Profit with
perfect information and Expected value of perfect information, Linear Programming Problem: Problem
formulation with two decision variables, Graphical solution of Maximization and Minimization problems.
Unit 12: Determinant
Definition of determinant, Methods of finding the numerical values of determinant upto three order,
Properties of determinant and its use to find the numerical values of determinants, Cramer’s Rule to solve
simultaneous equations up to three variables.
Unit 13: Matrix
Definition and types of matrix, Addition, subtraction and multiplication of matrices, Cofactors, Transpose,
Adjoint and Inverse of a matrix, Inverse and Row Operations method to solve simultaneous equations upto
three unknowns. (Illustrations and applications in all chapters should be based on Business and Management
situation as far as possible.)
