Statistics

Topics (10)

• 1
  Probability Theory
• 2
  Statistical Inference
• 3
  Sampling Theory
• 4
  Regression & Correlation
• 5
  Design of Experiments
• 6
  Time Series Analysis
• 7
  Descriptive Statistics

  Tables, graphs and charts; measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis.

• 8
  Probability Distributions

  Binomial, Poisson, Hyper-geometric, Normal distributions and their applications.

• 9
  Non-Parametric Methods

  Sign test, Wilcoxon signed ranks, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, run test, Mann-Whitney.

• 10
  Population Analysis & Vital Statistics

  Demographic methods, sex ratio, fertility/reproduction rates; official statistics in Pakistan.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Statistics syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Principles and Procedures of Statistics

   Steel and Torrie

2. 2

   Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

   Walpole, Myers and Myers

3. 3

   Introduction to Statistical Theory, Part I & II

   Chaudhry and Kamal

4. 4

   Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistical Inference

   H.J. Larson

5. 5

   Design and Analysis of Experiments

   D.C. Montgomery

6. 6

   Fundamentals of Modern Statistical Methods

   R. Wilcox

7. 7

   Biostatistical Analysis

   J.H. Zar

8. 8

   Latest Statistical Methods

   M. Vaidyanathan

9. 9

   Statistical Methods

   Y.P. Aggarwal

10. 10

    Mathematical Statistics

    John E. Freund

11. 11

    Demographic Methods

    Andrew Hinde