why do we use average? are there any limitations to their use ? illustrate with your own example related to development
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Answer: Countries have different populations,comparing total income not tell us what an average person is likely to earn.Average is useful for comparison,it also hide disparities.
FOR example---In the family of three members,they live in Delhi and they earn 50000,10000 and 30000 so in this case it hide the original income of people .Average income is 30000 per person and this is not bad and hide the original income of 2nd person which is 10000 and this is not good for people who is live in Big city like DELHI,MUMBAI ETC.FOR SURVIVE...
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ʜᴇʏᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴇ!!
ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴜʀ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-⏬⏬
1 ᴡᴇ ᴜsᴇ ᴀᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇs ғᴏʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀɪsɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀɪᴇs, ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴs,ᴏʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs.
2 (ᴀ) ᴀᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴜs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʟɪᴍᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏʀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇs ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀɪᴇs, ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴs ᴏʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢs.
(ʙ)ʙʏ ᴀᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀsᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴇ sɪᴢᴇ , ɪɴ ᴄᴀsᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ . ᴀʟʟ ᴀsᴘᴇᴄᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ.
(ᴄ) ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴜs ᴛʀᴜᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇᴏғ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ , ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ,ᴏʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢ.
3 ᴇɢ -ɪɴ ᴀ ᴄʟᴀss, sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs ᴅɪғғᴇʀ ɪɴ ʜᴇɪɢʜᴛ , ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀʟᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜɪᴇsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴏᴜs ᴏɴᴇ.