JAM MS Is 25 Percent Maths and 75 Percent Statistics: How to Split Your Preparation

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Quick answer. The official JAM MS syllabus divides into Sections 1 to 3, Mathematics, described as about 25 percent, and Sections 4 to 12, Statistics, about 75 percent. That is a syllabus level description, not a guarantee of question counts. The practical reading is that Statistics is your major focus and Mathematics is an essential … Read more

Stochastic Processes for JAM MS: Exactly What Section 12 Asks

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Quick answer. Section 12 of the IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics syllabus is Stochastic Processes, and it is tightly bounded. It covers discrete time Markov chains and the Poisson process, and nothing beyond them. Continuous time Markov chains, birth and death processes, Brownian motion, queueing theory and renewal theory are all outside the syllabus. Knowing where … Read more

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