R.B.V.R.R WOMEN’S COLLEGE ( AUTONOMOUS)

Narayanaguda, Hyderabad.

SYLLABUS FOR B.COM – II Y EAR III Semester E-COMMERCE

FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS

Academic Year 2017 -2018

Max Marks- 50

(30+20 Internal)

P.P.W : 5(4+1) Hrs Number of Credits : 3

Objective :- The objective of this paper is impart knowledge on the application of statistical

tools and techniques in decision making and use of MS Excel in interpretation of statistical data.

UNIT – I : Introduction to Statistics:

Meaning, definition, Importance and limitations of statistics – Collection of data – Primary and

Secondary data - Sampling (random and Non-random) – census – schedule and questionnaire –

frequency distribution – tabulation. (6 Classes)

UNIT – II : Measures of Central Tendency:

Definition, Objectives and characteristics of Measures of Central Tendency – Types of

averages, Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean, Harmonic Means, Median, Mode, Deciles

Percentiles, properties of averages and their applications. (12 Classes)

UNIT – III : Measures of Dispersion: (a)

Dispersion: Meaning, Definition, properties – types : range, quartile deviation,

(6

Classes)

UNIT – IV : Measures of Dispersion: (b)

Mean deviation, standard deviation, Coefficient of Variation. (6 Classes)

UNIT-V : Skewness:

Skewness : Definition – Karl Pearson’s and Bowley’s Measures of Skewness – Normal

Distribution. (12

Classes)

Suggested Readings:

1. Fundamentals of Statistics: Gupta S.C

2. Statistical Methods: Gupta S.P

3. Statistics for Management: Levin & Rubin

4. Statistics-Problems and Solutions: Kapoor V.K.

5. Fundamentals of Statistics: Elhance.D.N

6. Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and 2007- step by step: Frye, PHI

7. Statistics: Gupta B.N.

8. Statistics concepts & application. Navender Pal & Sahadev Sarkar

References :

1. Statistics – Theory methods and Applications – Sancheti D.C & Kapoor V.K

2. Statistics and their applications to commerce- Boddington

3. Business statistics- An applied orientation; P.K. Viswanath

4. Business statistics- C.R. Reddy

5. Business Statistics – J.K. Sarma

6. Business Statistics – Bharat Jhun jum wala

7. Business Statistics – R.S. Bharadwaj, Excel Books

8. Statistics for Management using Micro Soft Excel

9. Statistics made simple: Sarma P.H.I