›"Bias it is": CMIE chief's defence of CPHS survey elicits fresh critical response from Jean Drèze, Anmol Somanchi
"Bias it is": CMIE chief's defence of CPHS survey elicits fresh critical response from Jean Drèze, Anmol Somanchi
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"Bias it is": CMIE chief's defence of CPHS survey elicits fresh critical response from Jean Drèze, Anmol SomanchiET CONTRIBUTORS
Last Updated: Jun 27, 2021, 03:36 PM IST
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"The representativeness of CPHS data cannot be assumed from the survey methodology. It must be scrutinised through comparisons with other credible sources," the two economists said.
AP
This is not to dispute the value of CPHS as a large-scale, regular national survey or to ignore the difficulties of executing such a survey, say Drèze and Somanchi.