Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture

Illustrates the practical advantages of considering the usual indicators as random variables, using farm data from semiarid West Africa. Defines four indicators in comon use and discusses their random character. Presents an estimation of population parameters of the indicators from sample survey dat...

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Main Authors: McIntire, John M., Delgado, Christopher L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 1985
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28165
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description Illustrates the practical advantages of considering the usual indicators as random variables, using farm data from semiarid West Africa. Defines four indicators in comon use and discusses their random character. Presents an estimation of population parameters of the indicators from sample survey data in Burkina Faso and Niger. Also illustrates the consequences of ignoring statistical variability.
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spelling CGSpace281652025-11-13T10:39:19Z Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture McIntire, John M. Delgado, Christopher L. agricultural policies sorghum millet economic indicators Illustrates the practical advantages of considering the usual indicators as random variables, using farm data from semiarid West Africa. Defines four indicators in comon use and discusses their random character. Presents an estimation of population parameters of the indicators from sample survey data in Burkina Faso and Niger. Also illustrates the consequences of ignoring statistical variability. 1985-11 2013-05-06T07:00:03Z 2013-05-06T07:00:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28165 en Limited Access Wiley American Journal of Agricultural Economics;67(4): 733-738
spellingShingle agricultural policies
sorghum
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economic indicators
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Delgado, Christopher L.
Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture
title Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture
title_full Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture
title_fullStr Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture
title_short Statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives: Examples from West African agriculture
title_sort statistical significance of indicators of efficiency and incentives examples from west african agriculture
topic agricultural policies
sorghum
millet
economic indicators
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28165
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