Practical

1) Vital Statistics:
a) CDR, CBR, Age specific death rates, standardized death rates.
b) GFR, ASFR, TFR.
c) Crude rate of natural increase GRR, NRR.
d) Life table and finding out certain values with its help.

2) Economic Statistics:
a) Laspeyres, Paasche’s and Fisher’s Index Numbers.
b) Fixed base and chain base index number.
c) Cost of Living Index Numbers

3) i) Measurement of Trend by method of:
a) Moving Averages.
b) Curve fitting by least squares.
ii) Measurement of seasonal fluctuations:
a) Ratio to Trend
b) Ratio to Moving Averages.
c) Link Relative Method.

4) Large sample tests for mean and proportions for one and two sample problems.

Note: Practical exercises will be conducted on computer by using MS-Excel and
C-language