The book titled Applied Statistics in Physical Education is written on the revised and updated syllabus of M.P.Ed Physical Education. The book covers:
UNIT I – Introduction
Meaning and Definition of Statistics. Function, need and importance of Statistics. Types of Statistics. Meaning of the terms, Population, Sample, Data, types of data. Variables; Discrete, Continuous. Parametric and non-parametric statistics.
UNIT II – Data Classification, Tabulation and Measures of Central Tendency
Meaning, uses and construction of frequency table. Meaning, Purpose, Calculation and advantages of Measures of central tendency – Mean, median and mode.
UNIT III – Measures of Dispersions and Scales
Meaning, Purpose, Calculation and advances of Range, Quartile, Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Probable Error. Meaning, Purpose, Calculation and advantages of scoring scales; Sigma scale, Z Scale, Hull scale
UNIT IV – Probability Distributions and Graphs
Normal Curve. Meaning of probability- Principles of normal curve – Properties of normal curve. Divergence form normality – Skewness and Kurtosis. Graphical Representation in Statistics; Line diagram, Bar diagram, Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Ogive Curve.
UNIT V – Inferential and Comparative Statistics
Tests of significance; Independent “t” test, Dependent “t” test – chi – square test, level of confidence and interpretation of data. Meaning of correlation – co-efficient of correlation – calculation of co- efficient of correlation by the product moment method and rank difference method. Concept of ANOVA and ANCOVA.
The book is written considering the students and language of the book is simple and easy to understand.