What is the role of P.C Mahalanobis in development of statistics in India?
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P.C. Mᴀʜᴀʟᴀɴᴏʙɪs ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ Iɴᴅɪᴀɴ sᴛᴀᴛɪsᴛɪᴄɪᴀɴ. Hᴇ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛᴀᴛɪsᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴛʜᴏᴅs—ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Mᴀʜᴀʟᴀɴᴏʙɪs ᴅɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ—ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ Iɴᴅɪᴀ's sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴄᴏɴᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍs. Hɪs ᴍᴇᴛʜᴏᴅs ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀᴇᴅ Iɴᴅɪᴀ's ᴇꜰꜰᴏʀᴛs ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 1950s ᴀɴᴅ '60s.
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★What is the role of P.C Mahalanobis in development of statistics in India?
- P.C. Mahalanobis was an Indian statistician .
- He developed several practical mathematical and statistical methods—including the Mahalanobis distance—that he later applied to India's social and economic problems.
- His methods furthered India's efforts to industrialize in the 1950s and '60s.
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