Question

What are the merits and demerits of census?

Answer 1

census method refers to complete enumeration of a universe census method is necessary in some cases like population census ,animal census,agriculture census etc for g anning vast knowledge but in contray this and method is not applicable as well as needed to some social problems because it is costly and the time consuming it is difficult to study the whole universe because financial and require for it to complete the study

Answer 2

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Census method is the method in which data are collected covering every item of the universe or population relating to the problem under investigation. Merits of Census Method. Principal merits of census method are as under: Reliable and Accurate: Results based on census method are accurate and highly reliable.

The demerits of a census investigation are: It is a costly method since the statistician closely observes each and every item of the population It is time-consuming since it requires a lot of manpower to collect the data.