PREV

• Design and planning of a Statistical Investigation. Data collection approach and operation
• Role of sampling in generation of statistics. Sampling plans and survey designs.
• Sources of Errors, types of Errors, methods of their control
• Data processing, presentation, and publication of statistics.
• Different modes of data dissemination.
• Official statistics, statistics systems and standards.
• Sources of official statistics, their role, working and publication. Role of official statistics, official publications.
• Federal Bureau of statistics, Agricultural Census Organization.
• Population Census Organization, Ministry of Food, and Agriculture and Livestock.
• National Data Base and Registration Authority (NADRA).
• Provincial Bureaus of statistics.
• Financial statistics: Ministry of Finance, State Bank of Pakistan-Department of statistics, their working publications and responsibilities.
• Use of statistics in administration and planning.
• Concepts and evaluation of GDP, GNP, NNP, balance of trade and payment, measurement of income distribution.
• Use of index members and time series. Deflation and Inflation of series.
• National sample surveys and censuses conducted in Pakistan.