Objective :
To enable students to develop the ability to present and interpret data in
a research report or thesis.
To expose the students to the various statistical techniques, to analyze and interpret data meaning fully.
To facilitate the students to become familiar and understand research.
To enable students to develop the requisite skills for conducting research.
Course Outline
:
Unit-I
Meaning of statistics and its scope in the field of Home Science. Method of data collection, classification, representation of data & their applications in various disciplines of Home Science.
Measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis. Co-efficient of correlation and rank correlation
Unit-II
The empirical concept of probability and related concepts. Introduction of normal distribution with properties and applications.
Sampling Methods–Simple, Random, Cluster, stratifies, purposive. Estimation of population – Mean, Standard error and confidence interval. Applications in the field of Home Science.
Unit–III
Introductions to designs, CRD, RED and factorial designs, analysis and application in the field of home science.
Introduction to test procedure and hypothesis. Test of significance. X2, T, F tests, various applications in the field of Home Science.
Unit-IV
An introduction to research.
• The Scientific method and its application in the field of Human development. [Home Science]
• Selection and definition of a problem.
• Writing research proposal.
Selection of measuring instruments. Characteristics of a standardized test reliability, validity.
Unit-V
Research Methods & Procedure
The historical method.
The descriptive method.
The correlation method.
The casual comparative method.
The experimental method.
