To get admission to the M.Stat (Master of Statistics) program at ISI (Indian Statistical Institute) , you need to appear for the ISI M.Stat entrance exam . The exam consists of two papers :

Paper 1:

• Duration: 2 hours

• Syllabus:

  • Mathematics:

    • Calculus (limits, continuity, differentiation, integration)

    • Sequences and series

    • Linear Algebra (matrices, determinants, vector spaces)

    • Probability (basic concepts, distributions, expectation, variance)

    • Set theory, functions

  • Statistics:

    • Descriptive statistics

    • Basic probability distributions (Binomial, Poisson, Normal)

    • Sampling and estimation basics

Paper 2:
Descriptive Type (Written Answers)

• Duration: 2 hours

• Syllabus:

  • Mathematical Statistics:

    • Point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing

    • Properties of estimators (bias, consistency, efficiency)

  • Probability Theory:

    • Random variables, joint distributions, independence

    • Law of large numbers, Central Limit Theorem

  • Mathematics:

    • Advanced calculus, multivariable functions

    • Linear algebra, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors