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Research

To gear research aptitude amongst students a compulsory course of writing of technical report was introduced as early as 1964. However later on this course was made option al. A total of more than 300 technical reports have been written by the M.Sc Final students on various topics.

Individual research by the faculty members continued in the Department and a large number of research papers have been published in International & National Scientific Journals.

Teachers & Students also organized & participated in various Statistical Seminars, Conferences, Workshops. In 1971 the Department played host for All Pakistan Statistics Seminar on Price & Labor Statistics. In 1980 the Department organized its First Statistics Seminar. The Seminars were arranged in succession in 1982, 1984 and 1986. Their proceedings were also printed & distributed. We hope to restart the holding of these seminars in near future. In 1992 a seminar on Time Series and Econometrics was arranged in collaboration with Applied Economics Research Center. Besides, seminar lectures are also arranged regularly in the Department.

The teachers also participated whole heartedly in seminars arranged by professional bodies like Pakistan Statistical Association, Scientific Society of Pakistan, Islamic Society of StatistiC21 Sciences and others. These Seminars and Conferences were held in Karachi, Faisalabad, Lahore, Pesha war, Quetta, Islamabad, Rabat, Malaysia etc. The teachers of the Department also attended International Courses/Workshops held at Karachi; Trieste (Italy) etc.

RESEARCH PROJECTS
Numerous individual and collaborative research projects were under taken by the Faculty members of the Department. Faculty members actively participating as Consultant to research projects of other departments and outside agencies of Pakistan. Some of the agencies with which collaborations were made are J.P.M.C., Dow Medical College, NDFC, C.P.S.P,, ICMA, NSRD, NED University and 0 & M wing of cabinet division etc.

The faculty members of the Department also participated in developing resource books on Statistics and Population studies of Allama lqbal Open University and Curriculum wing of Ministry Education, Islamabad respectively. Besides texts in Statistics were also written by our Faculty member.

 

     
 
 
 
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