ABSTRACT
Apartfromitstraditionalapplicationsofthesubjectofstatisticsinsocial sciences,statisticsperseisnolongerjustagriculturalstatistics,bio-statistics, industrialstatisticsormedicalstatisticsbutitstechniqueshaspenetrated
AnabridgedversionofthispaperwaspresentedastheSectionalPresidentialaddress oftheStatisticsSectionofthe83rdSession,IndianScienceCongressAssociation heldatPatiala,India(cf.PrakasaRao(1996a)).
