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The M.Sc. Statistics Pondicherry University entrance exam syllabus comprising the following. M.Sc. Statistics (Regular): The question paper for the entrance examination for admission to the M.Sc. Statistics programme will consist of 100 Multiple Choice Questions in Statistics and Mathematics with the following breakup.
1. Statistics: Data Presentation and Interpretation, Descriptive Statistics, Relational Statistical Methods (Theory of Attributes, Correlation & Regression), Probability Theory (including Bayesian approach), Random Variable (including Bivariate case), Mathematical Expectation (Including conditional cases), Probability Inequalities (including Laws of large numbers), Distribution Theory (usual discrete and continuous probability distributions), Probability Distributions (based on Special functions), Sampling Distributions, Theory of Estimation (including Interval estimation), Testing of Hypothesis (including Non Parametric methods), Applied Statistics (Sampling, SQC, Design of Experiments), Time series analysis and Index Numbers, Vital Statistics and Official Statistics at B.Sc. Main level: No. Of questions 75.
2. Mathematics: Algebra, Sequences and series, Matrices and Determinants, Differential and Integral Calculus, at the B.Sc. Allied level, No. Of questions 25.