1. Understand the concept of population, sample, sample selection, data collection methods, data & its types, and different ways to present data.
2. Summarize and present data by using different arrays, charts, graphs and frequency distributions.
3. Calculate various measures of central tendency and interpret the results.
4. Identify the characteristics and measures of dispersion. Calculate and interpret relative and absolute measure of dispersion.
5. Discuss the index number and its types. Calculate various weighted and unweighted index numbers and interpret the results.
6. Discuss the practical application of index number such as concept of Inflation, purchasing power, real and nominal wages.
7. Explain scatter diagrams their construction, uses and limitations.
8. Explain the concept of regression lines and their uses and limitations.
9. Calculate a linear regression line (line of best fit) using least squares and use it for forecasting.
10. Calculate and discuss correlation coefficients, rank correlation coefficients and coefficient of determination.