Section 26(6) in The Orissa Statistics and Economics Service Rules, 1979
(6)The syllabus for the subjects mentioned in Sub-rule (1) of Rule 26 above shall be as follows :I. Applied economics with application of statistical methodology - Design for (a) descriptive study and (b) studies of Casual hypothesis-practical problems arising in planning of a survey. Details of information to be collected-various methods of collecting information-methods dealing with non-response. Pretest and pilot surveys.Problems arising in the execution of a survey-Types of problems -Administrative organisation-listing and constructing a schedule and a questionnair-selection, training and supervision of field organisation control of accuracy of field work-Arrangement for follow-up in case of non-response.Drafting of schedules. The essential information and the non-essential, statistical significance and economic significance of data tabulated. Tabulation by economic categories and by geographical regions. The analysis of data.Drafting of reports. National Income and State income estimation, Different sectors of National/State Income, Methods of estimating National/State Income, inter-sectoral flows, problems of regional income estimates and Inter-Industry table. Applications of input-output analysis.Application of demand function. Statistical of analysis of demand with the help of time series and family budget data. Agricultural prices -Reaction of supply and demand to chances in incomes and prices, the short and long period curves, the demand curvey, the instability in agriculture, types of fluctuation, seasonal, annual and cyclical fluctuations.II. This paper is divided into two parts, each part carrying a maximum mark of 50 :(a)Official Statistics. - Evaluation of the Statistical system in the Centre and States sources and nature of official statistics on population, agriculture and animal husbandry, Industries, labour, commerce, trades, transport, price, education, local bodies, housing, finance, planning and national and State income.Censuses on human population, Cattle population, Agriculture, Industries.Sample surveys of current Interest-National Sample Survey, Agricultural Surveys, Annual Survey of Industries, Sample Census of Population, Debt and Investment Survey and such other surveys of importance at National and State levels.(b)Applied statistics. - Use of sampling methods in censuses and surveys-The requirements of a good sample, avoidance of basis in selection methods of reducing the sampling error. Structure of various types of samples-Random sample, stratification with uniform sampling fraction, multiple stratification, stratification with a variable sampling fraction, systematic samples. Multistage sampling, balanced samples. Sub-sampling and repetitive surveys. Interpenetrating sub-samples. Estimation of mean and population total in respect of these processes.Use of random numbers, various methods of drawing probability, proportional to size samples.Index numbers of prices and quantities. Different types of Index numbers, e.g., Index numbers of wholesale prices and cost of living index numbers, Different types of tests.The components of time series, trend fitting by moving averages and least square method, interpretation of economic time series.Life table, its construction and properties, derivation of annual and central rates of mortality. Rates and ratios of vital statistics.III. Practicals. - The candidates will be required to solve some statistical problems with the help of calculating machines.IV. Service rules. - Questions shall be asked from the following books and they will aim at testing the knowledge on the broad aspects of the rules-
