Academic Year : 2024-2025 Institute/ Branch Name : Symbiosis Statistical Institute Programme Name : Master of Science (Applied Statistics)

Course
Institute Catalog
Sr. No. Semester Title Target Outcome Course Outcome Statement PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5
Course Code Course Code
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1 SEM I 0606410103 - PP T6687 Sampling Theory 60 CO1 Identify and recognize the appropriate sample survey design for related problems. Strong-H Moderate-M Moderate-M Moderate-M Strong-H

60 CO2 Understand the concepts of bias and sampling variability and stragies for reducing these, Strong-H Moderate-M Moderate-M Moderate-M Strong-H

60 CO3 Conduct sample survey for the wider range research problems Strong-H Strong-H Strong-H Strong-H Strong-H

60 CO4 Determine an estimate of a population mean, total and proportion for various types of sampling schemes Strong-H Strong-H Strong-H Strong-H Strong-H

60 CO5 Have an appreciation of the practical issues arising in sampling studies Strong-H Moderate-M Moderate-M Strong-H Strong-H

60 CO6 Address practical problems and give a sound scientific interpretation to the results. Strong-H Moderate-M Moderate-M Moderate-M Strong-H

Course Outline

Sr. No. Topics Hours

Concept of sampling, Need for sampling, population and sample, sampling unit and sampling frame,
1 Types of Population, Basic properties of population, sample survey and census, Principal steps in a 5
Sample survey, Sampling and non-sampling error
Simple Random Sampling with and without replacement, Estimation of Population mean and
2 5
proportion and their sampling variances, Determination of sample size.
Stratified sampling, Principles of stratification, Estimation of population mean and its sampling
3 5
variance, Allocation techniques, Gain due to stratification and its estimation
Systematic sampling, Estimation of population mean and its sampling variance, Circular systematic
4 sampling, Multi-start systematic sampling, comparison of systematic, simple random and stratified 5
random sampling,
Cluster sampling, cluster sampling with equal and unequal clusters , estimation of population mean
5 5
and variance, comparison with simple random sampling
Two stage sampling, definitions of FSU, SSU, estimation of population mean and variance, comparison
6 5
with simple random sampling,stratified and cluster sampling
Multi-stage sampling, estimation of population mean and variance,comparison with simple random
7 5
sampling, stratified and cluster sampling
Use of concomitant variables in estimating population mean, ration and regression estimators,
8 comparison with sample mean in simple random sampling, stratified sampling, combined and 5
separate estimator in stratified sampling
Large scale sample surveys, Sources of Non sampling errors and methods of controlling them, NSSO,
9 5
NFHS and CSO and their function

10 Problem solving with statistical software 15