Question

why do we use averages are there any limitation to their use illustrate with your your own examples related to development Kerala with lower per capita income has a better Human Development ranking than Punjab per capita income is not a useful criteria to all and should not be not be used to compare States do you agree discuss​

Answer 1

We use averages because they are useful for comparing differing quantities of the same category. For example, to compute the per capita income of a country, averages have to be used because there are differences in the incomes of diverse people. However, there are limitations to the use of averages