Application and Role of Statistics in Multi-Disciplinary Research

Book excerpt: Application and Role of Statistics in Multi-Disciplinary Research Advancement in research requires multi-disciplinary orientation for providing sustainable solutions to political, economic, social, psychological or international problems and statistics has emerged as a separate discipline for enriching other disciplines of study. The purpose of bringing this book is to disseminate the dissections and cross dissections of multi-disciplinary philosophy and mission of the Central University of Haryana. The present edited book is a compilation of selected research papers which were presented during a Two Days National Seminar on Application and Role of Statistics in Multi-Disciplinary Research organised in the Central University of Haryana on 23rd-24th Oct. 2013. This volume comprises mainly five sections. Section-1 comprises of papers in the areas of 'Application of Statistics in Embryonic Economic Issues' dealing with issues of crop diversification, stock market volatility due to macro-economic factors and the food products industry. Section-2 includes research articles in 'Role and Application of Statistics in Business Decision Areas' which focus on the issues related to financial inclusion, Islamic finance, risk in e-transaction and retention policy. Section-3 covers the articles in the areas of “Emerging Dimensions of Statistics in Various Sectors” covering the use of statistics in medical science, engineering and designing. Sections-4 is composed of the papers from the areas of 'Statistics in Social Science, Policy Planning and Governance” where papers emphasising on skill inclusion in degree curricula, co-operative banking and statistical challenges in law and politics are included. The last Section-5 covers the research articles from the areas of 'Statistics in Management of Financial Services in which empirical articles on service quality in banks and health insurance aspects are added from perceptual viewpoints. Though the papers have been selected from different disciplines of study, an attempt is made to reflect the cross-disciplinary ideological churning testified by statistical analysis-empirical as well as conceptual. Overall this edited volume is assimilation, dissection and cross dissection of various disciplines using statistical tools and techniques. Hope this edited version will serve the purpose of scholars, researchers and teachers to navigate into a deep sea of multi-disciplinary insights.