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Jnu Syllabus Mca

This document outlines the syllabus for a course on Numerical and Statistical Methods. The course is divided into 5 modules that cover topics such as numerical solutions to equations, interpolation, solving systems of equations, numerical integration and differentiation, numerical solutions to differential equations, probability, random variables, hypothesis testing, and bivariate data analysis. The course will use lectures, textbooks, and reference materials to cover these essential quantitative and statistical methods.

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Jnu Syllabus Mca

This document outlines the syllabus for a course on Numerical and Statistical Methods. The course is divided into 5 modules that cover topics such as numerical solutions to equations, interpolation, solving systems of equations, numerical integration and differentiation, numerical solutions to differential equations, probability, random variables, hypothesis testing, and bivariate data analysis. The course will use lectures, textbooks, and reference materials to cover these essential quantitative and statistical methods.

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Syllabus

MA 428 Numerical and Statistical Methods (3-0-0-3)

Module I
Errors and their computation: absolute, relative and percentage. Solution of algebraic & transcendental
equations: Bisection method, False position method, Secant method, Newton’s Raphson method, Iterative
method, Error analysis and convergence study. [6L]

Module II
Interpolation with equal & unequal intervals: Introduction, finite differences-forward, backward & central
difference tables, Newton’s formula for interpolation, Gauss’s central difference interpolation formula,
divided difference and their properties- Newton’s divided differences formula, Lagrange’s interpolation
formula, Inverse interpolation. Numerical solution of linear system of equations: Direct Method-Gauss
elimination, Gauss-Jordan, LU decomposition methods. Iterative Methods-Gauss-Jacobi and Gauss Seidel
methods. [10L]

Module III
Numerical differential & integration: Introduction, derivatives using forward and backward difference
formula, Numerical Integration-Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s 1/3 & 3/8 rules, Weddle’s rule. Numerical
solution of ordinary differential equations: Taylor Series method, Euler’s method, Modified Euler’s
method, Runge-Kutta methods of 2nd and 4th order. [8L]

Module IV
Concepts of Probability: Experiment and Sample Space, Events and Operations with Events, Probability
of an Event, Basic Probability Rules, Applications of Probability Rules, Conditional Probability, random
variable: continuous and discrete, Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable.
Binomial Experiments: Structure of a Binomial Experiment, Binomial Probability Distribution, Use of
Binomial Probability Table. Properties of a Normal Curve, Normal Probability Distribution, Areas Under
a Normal Curve. Approximating a Binomial Probability, The Normal Theorem and the Central Limit
Theorem. [8L]

Module V
Estimation of Population Parameters: Parameter and Statistic, Point and Interval Estimation, Interval
Estimation of Three Common Parameters. Hypothesis Testing for a Single Population: Concept of a
Hypothesis, Tests Involving a Population Mean, Tests Involving a Population Proportion, Tests Involving
a Population Standard Deviation. Concepts of a Bivariate Data Set, Correlation Coefficient, The
Regression line. [8L]

Text Books:
1. S.S.Sastry-Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis-PHI, Private Ltd., New Delhi.
2. N.Pal & S. Sarkar- Statistics: Concepts and Applications, PHI, New Delhi-2005.
Reference Books:
1 R.V.Hogg et.al- Probability and Statistical Inference, 7th Edn, Pearson Education, New Delhi-2006.
2. R.L.Burden & J.D.Faires- Numerical Analysis, Thomson Learning-Brooks/Cole, Indian Reprint, 2005.

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