Why is population inquiry usually not feasible in practice ? - Vidyadip

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Why is population inquiry usually not feasible in practice ?

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Sometimes even in situations where population inquiry can be undertaken, preference is given to sample inquiry because a population inquiry involves more time, money and man power. Moreover a large numbers of errors creep into the population inquiry due to the extensive and complicated task of organising population inquiry.

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