The Hon. (Dr.) Harshana Suriyapperuma - Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning
The Deputy Minister clarified a point regarding reported inclusion and exclusion errors, noting that the Department of Census and Statistics acknowledged such errors can occur but questioned the credibility of the specific figures cited due to issues such as sample size and relevance. He placed this clarification on record.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a small clarification since the Hon. Member mentioned inclusion and exclusion errors with numbers. The Department of Census and Statistics also stated that while such errors exist, the specific numbers quoted may not be credible depending on the sample sizes selected, the relevance of the sample to the subject under consideration, et cetera. I wish to place that on record.
¶ 02 Thank you.
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