dept. of public administration, ju

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Department of Public AdministrationJahangirnagar University

Savar, Dhaka

Syllabus for Bachelor of Social Science

ContextPublic administration came out as a separate discipline in the late 19 thcentury to objectively

study the implementation of public policies. Therefore, organization and management

theories along with courses in political science and sociology were the main focus of

teaching. With the behavioral revolution in conomics and !anagement in the mid"#$ th

century, public administration ac%nowledged the importance of individual and group

behavior in policy implementation, and therefore put emphasis in studying organizational and

administrative behavior. Tremendous fiscal stress on governments around the world in the

late #$thcentury influenced public administration to focus on the %nowledge of economics for

efficient policy implementation as well as help policy ma%ers formulate better policies.

&eeping this in mind, we redesigned this syllabus in a way so that our students have ade'uate

e(posure in the study of organizational and management theories, organizational andadministrative behavior, economics and econometrics, political science, sociology and law.

We hope that this blend of %nowledge will ma%e our students better decision ma%ers and

effective managers, especially in the public sector.

Degree Structure and e!uirements

).*.*. +onors- in Public dministration is a four"year undergraduate program designed

according to the /rdinance for the )achelor0s egree with onors, #$$2.

The syllabus of this programme consists of forty courses e(tending over a period of four

academic years. The courses are distributed into four parts3 Part"4 in the first year, Part"44 in

the second year, Part"444 in the third year, and Part"45 in the fourth year.

6onforming to the 7niversity /rdinances, Part"4 (amination shall be held at the end of the

first year, Part"44 (amination at the end of the second year, and Part"444 at the end of the

third year and Part"45 at the end of the fourth year.

The epartment will offer courses consisting of #$ full units +8 credits- and #$ +# credits-

half units totalling 2$$$ mar%s. The total mar%s allotted to each course will be distributed

between written e(amination, and class wor%s consisting of terminal tutorialsclass

assessments and class attendance in the ratio of :$3#$31$ respectively. 4n addition, the

students will re'uire to ta%e viva voce carrying ;$ mar%s in each year, totalling #$$ mar%s in

four years.


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Department of Public AdministrationList of courses for BSS degree in Public Administration

cademic *essions #$$9"#$1$, #$1$"#$11 and #$11"#$1#

&irst 'ear Courses

Course

(o)

Course *itle +arks

P 1$1 Public dministration and !anagement Theories 1$$

P 1$# 4ntroduction to Politics and @overnment 1$$

P 1$2 4ntroduction to !icroeconomics 1$$

P 1$8 4ntroduction to *ociology 1$$

P 1$; 4ntroduction to dministrative Aaw ;$

P 1$> Principles of ccounting ;$

P 1$: 4ntroduction to *tatistics ;$

P 1$?


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P 8$13 Dew Public !anagement 1$$

P 8$#3 /rganizational )ehavior 1$$

P 8$23 evelopment *tudies 1$$

P 8$83 4nternational Belations and )angladesh 1$$

P 8$;3 7rban Planning and dministration in )angladesh 1$$

P 8$>3 nvironment !anagement in )angladesh 1$$

P 8$:3


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#. &undamental Concepts and their features and debates surrounding them3 *tate,

Dation, and @overnment, nation"state, *overeignty, 6onstitution, Aaw, Aiberty, 'uality,

Bights, uthority and Power and their sources, Aegitimacy and emocracy.

@) *heories of the origin of states

8. *ypes of state3 unitary, federal, confederation

;. Constitution3 constitutionalism, fle(ible and rigid constitution, written and unwritten

constitution,

>. 1deologies3 Aiberalism, conservatism, nationalism, communism, fascism, feminism,social democracy

:. 1nstitutionali:ation3Political 6ulture, civic culture, and Political *ocialization.

Part%113 .

Shively, #) Phillips,Power and 6hoice3 n 4ntroduction to Political *cience. 1#th ed. Dew

Hor%3!c@raw"ill, #$$9

P) 9elly,-ntroduction to modern !olitical thought, Aondon3A*, #$11

PA% 2.@3 1ntroduction to +icroeconomics

Compulsory Course3 2 Unit45 credits +arks%2..

Course overvie73 This course provides a thorough introduction to economic theory. *tartingfrom the

basic ideas of trade"offs and opportunity cost, students will study how the


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mar%et forces of supply and demand cause prices to be what they are. They will have the

sense

in which mar%et economies are efficient, and the way governments can ma%e the economy

less

or more efficient. *tudents are e(pected to %now how firms choose their

production levels to ma(imize profits, culminating in the model of perfect competition. They

will also learn mar%et failures such as imperfect competition +monopoly and

oligopoly- and e(ternalities. Though this course does not re'uire using calculus, students aree(pected to be able solving e'uilibrium problems from algebraic e'uations and tabular data.

They also learn how to draw graphs in economics and interpret them.

Part 1

1. *he 1ssues, Problems and +ethods of "conomics3 economic problems, economic

decision ma%ing" choice, opportunity cost, fficiency and 'uityF !icro vs.

!acroeconomics, economic modelsF scientific method and theoryF @raphs in conomics

+!an%iw 6h. 1 K 6h. #F and &rugman K Wells 6h. #-.

#. Demand and Supply3 emand schedule and demand curve, shift in demand curveF

supply schedule and supply curve, shift in supply curveF assumptions of a perfectly

competitive mar%et, e'uilibrium price and 'uantity in a perfectly competitive mar%etFcomparative statics" e'uilibrium when the demand curve +or supply curve- shifts

+&rugman 6h. 2-

2.


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1$. 1mperfect +arket%+onopoly3 !onopoly and why it e(ists, monopolistGs demand curve

and marginal revenueF monopolistGs profit ma(imizing outputs and priceF logic of price

discrimination, price discrimination and elasticity +&rugman 6h. 18-

11. 1mperfect +art%6ligopoly3 collusion, cartelsF competing in price vs. competing in

'uantityF e'uilibrium for oligopolistsF prisonerGs dilemma in oligopolistic competition

+!an%iw 6h. 1>-

1#. +onopolistic Competition and Product Differentiation3 differentiated products by

style or type or branding, differentiation by location or 'uality, free entry and e(it in thelong runF monopolistic competition in the short and long runF monopolistic competition

vs. perfect competition +&rugman 6h. 1>-

*extbooks3

+anki7, ()


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networ%sF characteristics of hunting and gathering society, horticultural society, industrial

society, post industrial and postmodern society.

:. Social Stratification and social ine!uality3imensions of *tratification, slavery, *ocial

6lasses, castes and estates, open and closed stratification, *ocial !obility, five basic

properties of minority groups, Bace and uman 5ariation by biological factors, Bace and

thnicity as a cultural construct, @ender 4ne'uality.

?. Deviance and social control3 social control"formal and informalF e(plain deviance,

!erton0sfive adaptations people

ma%e according to the

anomie theory of devianceF theories of deviant behaviorF crimes and their patterns, cultural

transmission.

9.


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ecommended eadings3

(eil 8a7ke and(eil Parp7orth)-ntroduction to Administrati$e La%, 6avendish Publishing

Atd., 199?.

+ichael 8ead)Administrati$e La%: onte


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8. Time *eries and . *imple Aaws of Probability3 lementary Theories in Probability, *imple Problems in

Probability, probability distribution and random variables.

:. *ampling and sampling distribution.

ecommended eadings3

A) J) +) Sufian)Methods and Techniques of Social "esearch, 7PA, #$$;.

S) P)


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Courses for Second 'ear

PA%?.23 +anagement of 8uman esources and Personnel Affairs

Compulsory Course3 2 Unit +arks% 2..

1. uman Besources !anagement3 !eaning, *cope, . 6areer !anagement.

:. Performance !anagement3 mployee Productivity and organizational

competitiveness, /bjectives and !ethods of Performance ppraisal, !)/ as a !odern

!ethod of Performance valuation.

?. mployee !otivation3 rives and Deed )ased Theories, /ther !odels of !otivation,

Wor% *cheduling and !otivation.

9. 6ompensation3 Wage and *alary, 6ompensation Plan.

1$. !aintenance3 @rievances Procedure, isciplinary ction.

11. *eparation3 Betirement, mployee )enefit.

1#. 4ndustrial Belations K 6ommunication3 4mportance of 6ommunication,6ommunication system, types of formal 6ommunication, 4ndustrial Belations, 4ndustrial

isputes, !eans of *ettlement of 4ndustrial isputes, Trade 7nion, 6ollective

)argaining.

ecommended eadings3

Scott Snell and


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C) D) &isher, ) &) Schoenfeldt, and J) ;) Sha7& uman "esource Management, oughton

!ifflin, #$$8&

PA%?.?3 Public Administration in ;angladesh

Compulsory Course3 2 Unit +arks%2..

1. istorical )ac%ground of )angladesh Public dministration.

#. 6onstitution and Public dministration in )angladesh3 Dational /bjectives and


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PA%?.@3 1ntroduction to +acroeconomics


1. !acroeconomic 6oncepts and 5ariables3 4ncome, 4nterest, 6onsumption, *avings and

4nvestment, @overnment *pending, Det e(ports ggregate emand and *upply,

!acroeconomic system, !icroeconomics 5s. !acroeconomics, !acroeconomic

4ndicators and stability.#. Dational 4ncome !easurement3 @P, @DP, DDP, )usiness 6ycles vs. Aong"run

conomic @rowth.

2. 6lassical and &eynesian Theories of macroeconomics

8. !acro Problems3 7nemployment and 4nflation, Poverty and 4ne'uality, !easurement of

Poverty, ggregate (penditure 'uilibrium /utputF the @overnment and


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PA%?.53 Comparative Public Administration

Compulsory Course3 2 Unit +arks% 2..

1. 4ntroduction3 !eaning, *ignificance and *cope of 6omparison, 6omparative Politics and

6omparative dministration"pproaches to the *tudy of 6omparative Public

dministration, Problems of 6omparison.

#. *ome !ajor dministrative *ystems3 Traditional utocratic *ystem, )ureaucratic lite

*ystem, Polyarchial 6ompetitive *ystem, 6ommunist Totalitarian *ystem, 6ommon

dministrative Patterns and Problems.2. 6omparative Public dministration3 @enesis, 6haracteristics of dministration in

eveloping 6ountries, 6ontribution of


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PA%?.-3 "ntreprenuership Development

Compulsory Course3 F Unit +arks%-.

1. ntrepreneurship and evelopment3 ntrepreneurship TheoriesF ntrepreneurship

*uccess and ntrepreneurship 5ariables.

#. Dew 5enture 6reation Process3 /pportunity 4dentification and ssessment in *ocial,

conomic and Politico"dministrative 6onte(tsF *W/T nalysisF 4dea @enerationF

eveloping Plan and *trategiesF ntrepreneurial *tart up Process and )usiness Aaunch.

2. !anagement of *mall and !edium nterprise3 *uccess and


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PA ?.3 Judicial Administration in ;angladesh


1. Theory *eparation of Power and the Belation between the (ecutive, Aegislature and

the Cudiciary, theory of Cudicial Beview, 4ndependence of the Cudiciary.

#. Cudiciary under the 6ommon and 6ivil Aaw.

2. ifference between judicial and non"judicial power.

8. ifference between and Curisdiction of Cudicial and (ecutive !agistracy.

;. *tructure of the Cudiciary in )angladesh3 +a- stablishment of *upreme 6ourt.

ppointment, Tenure, Curisdiction and isabilities of the Cudges of *upreme 6ourt, 6hief

Custice of )angladesh.

+b- stablishment of sub"ordinate 6ourts, ppointments, 6ontrol and iscipline of

subordinate courts.

>. Aegislative Procedure3 mendment procedure of the constitution. /rdinance ma%ing

power. Proclamation of mergency, Writ Curisdiction of the igh 6ourt.

:. +a- 6onstitution, Powers and classes of 6riminal 6ourts.

+b- The code of 6riminal Procedure, 1?9?.

+c- The Penal 6ode, 1?>$.

+d- 6ognizable offence and case, Public Prosecutor, Types of Punishment in Penal 6ode,

1, 1>8, 1>: +Bemand- of the

6riminal Procedure 6ode.

?. The *pecial Power ct, 19:8.9. 4ntroduction to the 6ode of 6ivil Procedure 19$?.

1$. Permanent, Temporary and ad"interim 4njunction.

11. Cudgment, ecree, ppeal, Beview, Bevision.

1#. 7nderstanding of the Aimitation ct, 19$?.

12. Becord of Bights of Aand, !utation, 6. *. Becord +Parcha- , *. . Becord, B. *. Becord,

&has &hatian, . 6. B., Bent +&hana- Beceipt.

18. Types of transfer of property e.g. *ale, eba +@ift- mortgage, Will, Wagg etc.

1;. @overnment Pleader +@. P-.

1>. The /ffice of the ttorney @eneral3 .

8ouse of ords, U9, Select ommittee on the onstitution: "elations bet%een the

e.


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PA% ?./3 1ntroduction to Public Policy


1. )asic 6oncepts of Public Policy3 efinition, Public 4nterest, Policy 6ycle, Bationale of

Public Policy.

#. 6onte(t of Public Policy !a%ing3 Type of government, )ureaucracy, Aegislature,

Cudiciary.

2. fficiency versus 'uity in the Policy Process.

8. 6haracteristics of a @ood Public Policy.

;. pproaches and !odels of Policy !a%ing3 Bational, 4ncremental, 4nstitutional, @roup,

lite"!ass.

>. Policy esign3 6orrecting !ar%et and @overnment


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PA% ?.G3 Politics and


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Al +asud 8asanu::aman."ole of O!!osition in Bangladesh Politics, 7PA, 199?.

PA ?.03 Administrative *hinkers and *houghts


1. &autilya3 rthasastra, *aptanga theory, uties of %ing and !antriparishad,


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8erbert A) Simon, (hy Public AdministrationD, CPA"T, Canuary, 199?.

PA% ?2.3 &undamentals of Computer Application


*heoretical Part

1. 4ntroduction to 6omputer3 istory of computer, )asic lements and organization,

Types and scopes of computer.

#. ata Bepresentation3 ifferent number system basics, *imple arithmetic.

2. 4nput evices

8. /utput evices

;. *torage evices

ecommended eadings3

U) aEaraman,=undamentals of om!uters, Prentice all of 4ndia Pvt Atd, 199>.

Peter (orton,-ntroduction to om!uters, !c@raw ill, #$$8.

Sarah ") 8utchinson andStacey C) Sa7yer,om!uters and -nformation Systems, #$$2.


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Courses for *hird 'ear

PA%@.23


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PA%@.?3 Public &inance


1. Public


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+) *rodro,1conomic 9e$elo!ment in Third (orld, 19?1

) ;) >.

Dalem Chandra ;arman)1merging Leadershi! Patterns in "ural Bangladesh, 6enter for

*ocial *tudies, 19??.

8arold &) Alderfer)Local 8o$ernment in 9e$elo!ing ountries, !c@raw"ill 6ompany,

19>8.

A) +) +) Sha7kat Ali)Politics, 9e$elo!ment and !azila,D4A@, 19?>.

S) +a!sood Ali.9ecentralisation and Peo!les Partici!ation in Bangladesh,D4P, 19?1.


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PA%@.53 ProEect +anagement


1. Project !anagement 6oncepts3 Project characteristics, project life cycle, difference

between project activities and functional activities, importance of project management.

#. Project 4deas, Project Preparation,


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PA%@.-3 1nternational Political "conomy


1. Political conomy and 4nternational conomy3 6oncepts, 4ssues, and pproaches.

#. 4nternational Political 4deologies3 6apitalism, 4mperialism,


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PA%@.3 Administrative eforms3 *heory and Practice


1. dministrative Beform3 !eaning, Dature and *ignificanceF Philosophical )asis ofdministrative Beform in the Public *ectorF 6ritical nalysis of *ocial, Political

conomic and dministrative :.

+) +) 9han.Administrati$e "eforms in Bangladesh, 7PA, 199?.


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PA% @./3 Public Policy Analysis

Compulsory Course3 F Unit +arks -.

1.


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1. 6oncept of dministrative *ystem3 *ystem Theory, *ub"*ystem and *uper *ystem /pen

*ystem and 6lose *ystem.

#. *ystem nalysis3 6haracteristics of /pen and 6lose *ystems, ifference between open

and close system

2. *ub systems3 nalysis of ifferent sub system and their function.

8. *ystem nvironment3 ifferent components of @eneral and Tas% environment,organization design.

;. /ffice !anagement 3 !eaning and


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1. D@/s and evelopment3 6oncepts, Dature, *cope, *ignificance and Typology of D@/s,

Philosophical )asis and 5oluntarism of D@/s.

#. @lobal mergence of D@/s3 mergence of D@/s in 6ontemporary Perspective,

*trengths and Wea%ness of D@/s,


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1. *ocial Besearch3 efinition, /bjectives and !otives, Types.

#. )asic 6oncepts of *ocial research3 6oncepts, 5ariables, ypothesis, @eneralization,

Theory, 5alidity and Beliability.

2. !ethods and !ethodology of *ocial Besearch3 Eualitative and Euantitative.

8. Besearch esign3 Eualitative pproach, *teps in Besearch.

;. *ampling Procedure3 Types of *ampling, *ampling Procedure in Eualitative Besearch.

>. ata 6ollection and nalysis in Eualitative Besearch3 (periment,


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#. *tages of e"governance and 7se of 4nformation and 6ommunication Technology.

2. "@overnment e(perience in eveloped and eveloping countries3 ustralia, Dew

Lealand 7 6ountries, frica, *ingapore, 7*, 4ndia, stonia.

8. "governance in Public *ector3 4ssues of 6ombating corruption, nsuring Transparency

and conomic evelopment.

;. "governance in Public *ector of )angladesh3 (periences, 6hallenges and Prospects,

Bole of *46T project and different D@/s.

ecommended eadings3

J) 8) "rik Andriessen) The -ntroduction of information and communication technology

4-T5 in Organizations, uropean Cournal of Wor% and /rganization Pshchology, 199>.


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1. Dew Public !anagement3 6oncept, *cope and *ignificance, The


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1. /rganizational )ehavior3 pproaches to 7nderstanding )ehavior in /rganization,

4ndividual and @roup )ehavior,


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;. evelopment dministration and dministrative evelopment3 The role of government in

development3 theories and debates, mar%et failure, e(ternality, government failure, evelopment

Planning , Begulatory and evelopment dministration

>. Partners of evelopment3 )ilateral and !ulti"Aateral, 5olume and Dature of evelopment

ssistance,


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?. Dationalism, 4mperialism, 6olonialism and Deo" colonialism, @lobalization and

Dew World /rder.

9. *tate" &inds of *tate, !ode of ac'uiring state territory, Biver, *ea and /uter

*pace.

1$. iplomacy, iplomatic nvoys, .Samuel P) 8untington.lash of ci$ilizations and the rema#ing of %orld order,*imon and

*hcuster, 199?.

8enry 9issinger)9i!lomacy, *imon and *hcuster, 199;.

*homas ) &riedman. The Le


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:. 7rban @overnance3 Types of 7rban @overnance, !anagement of 6apital 6ities,

Performance of 6ity @overnment.

?. 7rban Aocal @overnment in )angladesh3 7rban reas and &inds, Types of 7rban

@overnment"!unicipalities, 6ities and !etropolitans and their volution, *tructure,

6omposition and


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rsenic 4ssue, Pollution 4ssue, eforestation 4ssue, 6limate 4ssues etc., and Biver )an%

rosion, *alinity and Population isplacement.

;. nvironmental Policies and Plans of )angladesh @overnment3 Bole of Public and

Private *ectors, 6ivil *ociety and D@/s for nvironment Protection and evelopmentF

Bole of !edia, nvironment !anagement ction Plan in )angladesh and 4ts valuation.

>. nvironment 4mpact ssessment in )angladesh, *ocial 4mpact ssessment, Policies,

Programs and Procedures of 4mpact ssessment.

ecommended eadings3


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;. Bis% and Beturn3 5ariability of BeturnsF 6apital !ar%et fficiencyF (pected Beturns and

5ariancesF PortfoliosF *urprises and 7ne(pected BeturnsF *ystematic and 7nsystematic

Bis%sF iversification and Portfolio Bis%.

>. 6ost of 6apital3 6ost of 'uityF 6osts of ebt and Preferred *toc%F Weighted verage

6ost of 6apitalF ivisional and Project 6osts of 6apital.

ecommended eadings3

;righam, ")& and +)C) "hrhardt,=inancial Management: Theory and Practice, 1$thedition.

Pandey, 1)+),=inancial Management, 5i%as Publishing ouse, #$$;.

;lock, Stanley ;) and


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+)*) illa)1thos, G1thics, and Public Ser$ice, The Public -nterest, 19?1.

8) &iner)Administrati$e "es!onsibility in 9emocratic 8o$ernment. N4n Politics of the

?.

J) a7ls.ustice as =airness. 4n Philosophy of Aaw +C.


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Posavac, "mil J) and aymond .

;ingham, ichard and Claire &elbinger, 1$aluation in Practice: A Methodological

A!!roach +#nd dition-. Dew Hor%, DH3 *even )ridges Press, #$$#.

PA%52.3 Huantitative esearch +ethodology


1. Euantitative Besearch3 efinition, *ignificance, ifference with Eualitative Besearch.

#. Euantitative Besearch esign

2. *ampling and *ample istribution3 Probability and non"probability sampling, Types of

Probability and non"probability *ampling, etermination of sample size, *ampling

istribution, t" distribution, stimation of Parameters, Aevels of 6onfidence, egrees of

. ypothesis Testing3 /ne"Tailed Test 5s. Two"tailed Test, )ivariate nalysis +6ross"tabs

6hi"*'uare and nalysis of 5ariance, *tatistical *ignificance, and !easures of

ssociation-.

:. ypothesis Testing3 !ultivariate nalysis +t"test for ifference of the !eans, nalysis of

5ariance-.

?. Beport Writing

ecommended eadings3


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#eiss, (eil A)-ntroductory Statistics, 7th 1dition& #$$?. Dew Hor%3 Pearson ddison"

Wesley.

Cohen, ouis and 8olliday, +ichael, Statistics for Social Scientists, arper K Bow Atd.

1$?2.

in, (an,=oundations of Social "esearch, !c@raw"ill, 4nc. 19:>

Joseph, &) 8air et) al),Multi$ariate 9ata Analysis, Prentice all, #$$8.

#arner, ebecca +),A!!lied Statistics: =rom Bi$ariate through Multi$ariate Techniques,

Aos ngeles3 *age Publications, #$$?.Agresti, A), and &inlay, ;&, Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences +2rd ed.- 7pper

*addle Biver, DC3 Prentice all, 199:.

Carlson, #illiam and ;etty *horne,A!!lied Statistical Methods,7pper *addle Biver, DC3

Prentice all, 199:.

PA% 5223 *erm Paper

Compulsory Course3 F Unit +arks% -.

The Term Paper consisting of Dot !ore than ;$ Pages +bout #$$$$"#;$$$ Words- is

intended to provide *tudents with an opportunity to apply s%ills ac'uired in the academic

programme to the real world e(perience. This e(perience should be relevant to the *tudents

rea of *pecialization and *tudents should obtain prior approval from the Teacher in 6harge.

(istribution of )ar*s

Seminar Presentation % 2. +arks

eport % 5. +arks

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