Go through important IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics books that aspirants should read for important Mathematics and Statistics topics of JAM 2024.
IIT JAM 2024 exam was conducted on February 2, 2025. On the exam day, IIT Madras conducted the IIT JAM paper for the Mathematical Statistics course in Session-I, that is, from 2:30 am to 5:30 pm this year. Questions in the IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics paper were divided into two parts. The first part comprises questions from Mathematics. The weightage of this section in the exam is 40 percent. The second part has questions from Statistics and the weightage of this section is 60 percent.
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As per the feedback received from students, the section A and B questions were moderate while section C questions were difficult.
Candidates are advised to know the IIT JAM exam pattern and syllabus thoroughly when they plan to take this popular Science entrance exam. This is necessary because there is negative marking in the exam and candidates should know the marking scheme of the exam to ensure that they score the highest marks in the exam.
Apart from this, for IIT JAM preparation, candidates should have a strategy in place. Thus, after completing the JAM syllabus 2024, candidates should practice as many IIT JAM question papers and mock tests for the exam as they can get their hands on.
Topics to Study in IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics
Aspirants can go through important topics that they should study to secure good marks in the IIT JAM exam for Mathematical Statistics below:
| Important Topics in Mathematics |
|
|---|---|
| Sequences and Series |
Differential Calculus |
| Integral Calculus |
Matrices |
| Important Topics in Statistics |
|
| Probability |
Random Variables |
| Standard Distributions |
Joint Distributions |
| Sampling Distributions |
Limit Theorems |
| Estimation |
Testing of Hypotheses |
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Aspirants can go through topic-wise books that they can refer to when they are preparing for the IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics paper below.
IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics Books to Read for Mathematics
Books that aspirants should consider reading for topics in the Mathematics section of the exam are mentioned below:
| Name of the Book |
Author |
|---|---|
| Mathematical Analysis |
S.C. Malik |
| Mathematical Analysis |
Apostol |
| Principle of Mathematical Analysis |
Rudi |
| Schaum’s Outlines Integral Calculus |
Frank Ayres, Elliott Mendelson |
| Integral Calculus |
Dr Gorakh Prasad |
| Vector Analysis: Schaum’s Outlines Series |
Murray Spiegel, Seymour Lipschutz, Dennis Spellman |
| Geometry and Vector Calculus |
A.R. Vasishtha |
| Ordinary Differential Equation |
Peter J. Collins, G.F. Simmons, M.D. Raisinghania |
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IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics Books to Read for Statistics
Books that aspirants should consider reading for topics in the Statistics section of the exam are mentioned below:
| Name of the Book |
Author |
|---|---|
| Introduction to the Theory of Statistics |
Alexander Mood, Franklin Graybill, Duane Boes |
| An Introduction to Probability and Statistics |
V.K. Rohatgi |
Apart from the above-mentioned books, aspirants should also go through the books mentioned below to prepare for IIT JAM exam for Mathematical Statistics 2022.
| Name of the Book |
Author |
|---|---|
| IIT JAM: MSc Mathematical Statistics |
Anand Kumar |
| Complete Resource Manual MSc Mathematics |
Suraj Singh |
| Fundamental of Mathematical Statistics |
S.C. Gupta & V.K. Kapoor |
| Introduction to Mathematical Statistics |
Robert V. Hogg and Craig Mckean Hogg |
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