This book is specially designed to give enough practice in the type of statistical problems set in the UPSC Civil Services Main General Studies Paper.
Table of Contents

1. Statistics : Meaning, Scope and Limitations

Concepts
Functions of Statistics
Limitations
Misuses

2.Collection of Data

3.Classification and Seriation of Data

Objectives and Characteristics of Classification
Types of Classification
Variables and Frequency Distribution
Worked Examples

4. Presentation of Data : Tabulation

Meaning and Objectives
Parts of a Table
Specimen of a Table
Rules of Tabulation
Types of Tabulation
Worked Examples

5. Presentation of Data : Diagrams

Introduction
General Rules of Construction
Types of Diagrams
Worked Examples

6. Presentation of Data : Graphs

Fundamentals
Graphs of Time Series or Historigrams
Graphs of Frequency Distribution
Basic Types of Frequency Curves
Advantages of Graphs
Limitations
The Misuse of Graphs
Worked Examples

7. Statistical Analysis and Interpretation

Ratios and Percentages
Measures of Central Tendency
Dispersion
Probability
Index Numbers
Correlation
Regression
Analysis of Time Series
Interpolation and Extrapolation
Interpretation

8. Worked Examples

9. Questions From Previous Papers

Selection of Questions from papers of 1979-90

Questions from 1991 paper
Questions from 1992 paper
Questions from 1993 paper
Questions from 1994 paper
Questions from 1995 paper
Questions from 1996 paper
Questions from 1997 paper
Questions from 1998 paper
Questions from 1999 paper
Questions from 2000 paper
Questions from 2001 paper
Questions from 2002 paper
Questions from 2003 paper
Questions from 2004 paper
Questions from 2005 paper
Questions from 2006 paper
Questions from 2007 paper
Questions from 2008 paper
Questions from 2009 paper
Questions from 2010 paper
Questions from 2011 paper
Questions from 2012 paper

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