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11. Describe the method adopted in the measurement of National Income of India. What are the major difficulties encountered in such measurement?
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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION - JANUARY, 2006.
Economics
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS FOR ECONOMISTS Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75
SECTION A (3 x 5 = 15 marks)
Answer any THREE questions.
1. What do you understand by primary data? Explain anyone method of getting it.
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2, What are sampling errors? Mention its typeB. Can sampling errors be avoided completely.
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SECTION B (4 x 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
6. (a) Define Arithmetic Mean, Mention the important properties of Arithmetic Mean.
(b) Compute Arithmetic Mean from, the following data.
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7. Describe the merits and demerits of various measures of dispersion.
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8. Describe stratified random sampling technique. What are its merits and demerits?
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9. Obtain the two lines of regression from the following data:
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