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adopted in both of the column total. These differences are
assignments widely differ thus due to rounding whieh was
culnninating at the varied unavoidable in view of the fact that
estirnates. In addition to the each area figure was collected in
above, another major factor terms of acres and kanals and
seems to be the non-coverage of eonverted into acres and hectares.
migratory herds by the PaFwaris Further, eaeh data item vlas
in Agricultural eensuses whereas multiplied with its raising faetcr
the Stock Assistants take due worked eut upto three places of
care for their enurneration in decimal. The size of rounding effect
Livestock Censuses. It may be in a total normally depends
noted that the data from uBon the number of independently
Agricultural Census are primarily worked out components included
meant for studying relationshrps therein. Censequently, the rcunding
between livestock poBulaticn of effect wlll be larger in a national or
different categories and sizes provrncial total than in a district
of farms. Therefore, for totai. lt should not, however, be
studying livestoek population, presllmed that all the national anei
their products and far developing provincral totals are subjected to a
their growth rates, data provided substantia! rounding effeet. As in
by Livestock Census may be the large aggregates, vide the law
preferred over the Agncultural of inertia of large numbers, such
Census data. effects cancel out each sther thus
curtailing rounding effect at the
7. In some cases, the figures in a natronal or "provincral levels !o a
row or a column may not add up mtntmum.
exactly to their respective row or
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