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The estimate of the number of priody approved by the Advisory
primary units reporting a certain Committee, was developed
n and the work oh, computer
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characteristic ( X," will be programme writing, initiated.
obtained by the following . These computer programmes
formula:- were carefully tested on specially
prepared Test Deck to ensure
n L snfi Qt (Nr -N'r-N"r) that the same were error free. As
X=x II t (t soon as the finally edited data for
R ijk Pnijr a district were ready, the
q N"k 'Sn Ri q tabulation for that distr.ict was,
+x ) +r I I N'x I carried out and 85 tables
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L PniJ i j k repeated at district, division,
province and national levels
presenting the census data were
This formula simply involves
prepared.
raising each observation by its
combined faising factor, and
(B) Quality Control'
summing up throughout the sub-
division. The ratios such as
Census data are always sacred,
Average Farm Size can then be
therefore the quality had always
obtained by the following :-
been an important concern in
ACO. To meet this objective,
the census tabulations were
Y
thoroughly checked for quality. In
this process all those errors were
X handled that could not be
detected during editing or
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(7) Gensus Tabulation might have crept in during
coding, punching, verification,
Like the data entry and data processing and tabulation. The
editing, the census tabulation staff deputed for the purpose
was carried out at Computer was specially trained to check
Centre, Federal Bureau of and pin point the inconsistencies
Statistics, Lahore. Soon after in the tables, detect inter-table
finalization of the census differences and probe backward
tabulation plan, a system for to identify the discrepancies.
processing the data on The same, if necessary,
computer as per tabulation plan, were corrected after careful
consideration at the higher level.
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