Advanced Statistics in Education

By Dr. Sajid Jamal | Aligarh Muslim University

Learners enrolled: 437

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Statistics is very important in Social Science researches as it enables the researchers to select the favorable research topic in line with the statistical techniques which further facilitate the selection of sample, to collect the requisite data, to analyse the data, to test the hypotheses and to draw the right conclusion. It also helps in examining the relationship between various variables and to assess the impact of various policies. Statistics is taught in almost all the graduate and post graduate programmes in social sciences to enable the learners to handle the data and to make the right inferences. The NEP 2020 intends to shift the paradigm of higher education from rote memorization to understanding and application and it also emphasizes on making the learners independent thinkers. In this course basic concepts of statistics like graphical representation of data; Mean, Median and Mode; measures of variability; Parametric and Non-parametric test; Correlation; Regression and Properties of Normal Probability Curve have been discussed. This course has been designed in such a way that besides the theoretical concepts, it provides ample opportunities for the learners for hand on practices. It is expected that after attending this course they will be able to understand the above mentioned basic concepts of Statistics and they will effectively apply it whenever the need arises.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students Pursuing Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma, B.Ed/ M.Ed/ BA (FYUP, Any Discipline)/ MA (Any Discipline), BA.B.Ed/ B.Sc.B.Ed & B.Com.B.Ed

PREREQUISITES: Qualified class XII in any discipline

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: NA

Indicative Industry Sectors :

Education and Training

Note: This is an indicative list based on suggestions provided by course coordinators and should not be treated as final and binding.

Indicative Program Alignments :

B.Ed. M.Ed M.Ed.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	26 Jan 2026
End Date :	30 Apr 2026
Enrollment Ends :	28 Feb 2026
Exam Date :
Translation Languages :	English
NCrF Level	6.0 — 8.0
Industry Details :	Education and Training

Page Visits

Course layout

Week 1

Definition and Characteristics of Statistics
Types and Scope of Statistics
Importance and use of Statistics in School Science Researches
Basic concepts related to Population, Sample, Parameter, Statistics and Inferences
Types and Levels of Data

Week 2

Organisation of data
Hands on practices on organisation of data
Graphical presentation of data
Pie chart, Histogram, Frequency Polygon and Ogive-I: hands on practice
Pie chart, Histogram, Frequency Polygon and Ogive-II: hands on practice

Week 3

Measures of Central Tendency
Median
Mode
Relationship among Mean, Median and Mode
Hands-on exercise - mean, median and mode

Week 4

Hands on Practices on computations of arithmetic mean - I
Hands on Practices on computations of arithmetic mean- II
Hands on Practices on computations of median - I
Hands on Practices on computations of median - II
Hands on Practices on computations of mode - 1

Week 5

Measures of variability
Mean deviation
Quartile deviation
Standard deviation
The Significance of the standard deviation

Week 6

Hands on Practices on computations of Average Deviation
Hands on Practices on computations of SD - I
Hands on Practices on computations of SD - II
Hands on Practices on computations of QD - I
Hands on Practices on computations of QD - II

Week 7

Parametric and Non-parametric Tests
Parametric and Non-parametric Tests - Part 2
Application of Parametric and Non-parametric Tests in Education
Type I and Type II error
Modern Data Analysis Approaches in Social Science (Structured Equation Modelling, Mediation, and Modulation analysis

Week 8

Concepts and Types of Hypotheses
Testing of Null- hypotheses
Significance of difference between means
Chi - Square test and Assumptions
Hands on practices on Chi - square test - Hands - on practice

Week 9

t test and its types
t test - Hand on Experience
ANOVA and its Types
Hands on experience one-way ANOVA
Hands on Experience Two-Way ANOVA

Week 10

Correlation Analysis: An Introduction
Spearmen's Rank Correlation Coefficient
Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation: Actual Value Method (Direct Method)
Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation: (Deviation Taken from Assumed Mean)
Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation: (Deviation Taken from Mean and Covariance Methods)

Week 11

Regression Analysis: An Introduction
Accuracy of predictions from Regression Equation
Regression Equations using Normal Equations
Regression Equations (Deviation Taken from Arithmetic Mean)
Regression Equations (Deviation Taken from Assumed Mean)

Week 12

Normal Probability Curve: Meaning and Importance
Characteristics of Normal Probability Curve
Uses of Normal Probability Curve - I
Uses of Normal Probability Curve - II
Uses of Normal Probability Curve - III

Books and references

Forgusyon, George A (1956). Statistical Analysis in Psychology and Education. New York: McGraw Hill Co.
Garret & Woodworth (1966). Statistics in Education and Psychology. New York: David Mckag.
Guilford J.P. (1956). Fundamental Statistics in Psychology and Education, New York, McGraw Hill Co.
Mac Nemar Q. (1962). Psychological Statistics, New York: John Wiley.
Singh, A.K. (1986). Tests Measurement and Research Methods in Behavioural Sciences. New Delhi: Bharti Bhawan.

Instructor bio

Dr. Sajid Jamal

Aligarh Muslim University

Dr. Sajid Jamal is a professor in the Department of Education, AMU, Aligarh since 9th of May, 2015. Prior to joining AMU, he has served at one central (Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad) and one state university (Veer Bahdur Singh Poorvanchal University, Jaunpur) of India.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 750/- (Rupees Seven Hundred and Fifty only).

Fee for General (UR)	₹ 750/- (per course) for one course ₹ 600/- (per course) for additional course(s)
Fee for Gen-EWS / OBC-(NCL) / SC / ST / PwD / PwBD	₹ 500/- (per course) for one course ₹ 400/- (per course) for additional course(s)

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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 30% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 70% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=12/30 AND EXAM SCORE >= 28/70. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of INI and AMU.

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