Qualifying IIT JAM (Statistics) facilitates students to join M.Sc (Statistics) in any of the IIT’s located over the country. Syllabus of the exam will be based on the topics studied under bachelor degree in Statistics. Books like The Elements of Probability Theory by Cramer H, Experimental Design, Theory & Application by Federer, W. T, Fundamentals of Applied Statistics by Gupta & Kapoor, Statistical Methods in Quality Control by Cowden D.J and Operation Research by Kothari can be used for exam preparation.

Books for Probability Methods

• Introduction to Mathematical Probability by Uspensky J.V
• Introduction to Probability and Statistical Applications by Mayer, P. N
• Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications by Feller, W
• Modern Probability Theory and its Applications by Parzen E
• The Elements of Probability Theory by Cramer H

Books for Sampling Fundamentals

• Advanced Statistical Methods in Biometric Research by Rao C.R
• Advanced Theory of Statistics by Stuart G & Ord J.K
• B. V. Sampling theory of Surveys with applications by Sukhatme, P. V. & Sukhatme
• Design and Analysis of Experiments by Kempthorn
• Design of Experiments by Fisher R A
• Distributions in Statistics by Johnson, N.I. & Kotz S
• Experimental Design by Cochran, W. G. & Cox, G. N
• Experimental Design, Theory & Application by Federer, W. T
• W. J. Sampling Techniques by Cochran

Books for Official and Economic Statistics

• Applied Statistics in India by Asthana, B. D. & Srivastava, S. S
• Applied General Statistics by Croxton, F. E. & Cowden, D. F
• Fundamentals of Applied Statistics by Gupta & Kapoor
• An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by Yule G.U. & Kendall M.G
• Advanced Theory of Statistics by Kendall M.G. & Stuart A
• Index Numbers by Mudgett B.D
• Applied Statistics by Mukhopadhyay P

Books for Statistical Quality Control

• Fundamentals of Statistics by Goon A. M., Gupta M. K., Dasgupta B
• Introduction to Statistical Quality control by Montgomery D.C
• Quality Control and Industrial Statistics by Duncan A.J
• Sampling Inspection by Variables by Bowley A.H. & Goode H.P
• Statistical Methods in Quality Control by Cowden D.J

Books for Statistical Inference

• Introduction to the theory of Statistics by Mood A. M., Boes, D. C and Graybill F A
• Advanced Theory of Statistics by Kendall, M. G. & Stuart, A
• Introduction to mathematical statistics by Hogg, R. V. & Graig, A. T
• Introduction to Probability and Statistics by Rohatgi, V. K

Books for Operation Research

• Linear Programming Methods and Applications by Gass S. L
• Operation Research Methods and Problem by Sasient, M., Yaspan, A & Friedman L
• Operation Research by Kothari, S. D
• Operation Research by Swarup, K., Gupta, P. K. & M. Mohan
• Operation Research by Sharma, S. D

Other than referring books, practicing previous year’s questions is a better method for exam preparation. E-books can also be referred.