University of Rajasthan 2007 M.Sc Statistics M.A./ - Question Paper

Paper XI: PRACTICAL BASED ON PAPER IX
4 hrs. duration 100 Marks


Paper XII: PRACTICAL BASED ON PAPER VIII AND X
4 hrs. duration 100 Marks
Optional Papers

Any 1 of the subsequent papers with the permission of the Institution concerned.


Paper XIII: ECONOMIC STATISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHY
3 hrs. duration 100 Marks

Section-A
Economic Statistics:
Components of time series. Methods of their determination Variate difference method. Yule-slut-Sky effect. Correlogram, Autoregressivemodels of 1st and 2nd order. Periodogram analysis.

Index numbers of prices and volumes and their relative merits, construction of index numbers of wholesale and consumer prices.

Income distribution Pareta and Engel curves, concentration curve, methods of estimating national income. Intersectoral flows, inter-industry table.

Section-B
Demography:
Census and Vital Statistical data. Vital Rates and ratios, standardisation of rates, patterns and differentials in mortality and fertility.

Stationary population construction of life table, gross and net reproduction rates: stable population theory, population estimation and projection.

Demographic patterns in India. Labour force analysis, Birth and Death stochastic processes.

Stochastic population models. logistic models, bivariate growth models, migration models, fertility analysis models. mortality analysis models.

Reference
Croxton, Cowden and Kleini: Applied General Statistics.
Goon, Gupta and Dasgupta: Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol.2.
Kendall and Stuart: Advanced Theory of Statistics, Vol.2.
Ganguly and Others: Studies of Consumer's Behaviour.
Chennery,H.B.: Inner Industrial Economics.
Cox: Domography.
Barclay: Techniques of Population Analysis.
Kamitakar & Bhende: Principles of Population Studies.

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