Part - I

1. Statistics : Meaning, Nature, Scope and Limitations 2. Importance, Functions and Distrust of Statistics 3. Statistical Investigation or Enquiry 4. Collection of Data : Primary Data and Secondary Data 5. Census and Sampling Investigation 6. Statistical Errors 7. Classification and Frequency Distribution 8. Tabulation 9. Diagrammatic Representation of Data 10. Graphic Presentation of Data

Part - II

1. Measures of Central Tendency or Statisitical Average- 1

(i). Arithmetic Mean or Mean

(ii). Median

(iii). Mode

2. Measures of Central Tendency- 2. (Geometric Mean and Harmonic Mean) 3. Partition Values : Quartiles, Deciles, Percentiles 4. Measures of Dispersion 5. Skewness 6. Moments and Kurtosis

Part - III

1. Correlation 2. Regression Analysis 3. Index Number 4. Analysis of Time Series 5. Interpolation and Extrapolation

Part - IV

1. Theory of Probability 2. Business Forecasting

* Logarithms, Antilogarithms and Mathematical Tables