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1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Applied demography series ; volume 4 |
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Applied demography series ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Chapter-1""; ""Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of the Sections and Chapters""; ""Section I""; ""Section II""; ""Section III""; ""Section IV""; ""Section V""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Part I""; ""Evaluation of Population Projections and 2010 Census Counts""; ""Chapter-2""; ""An Evaluation of Population Forecast Errors for Florida and its Counties, 1980�2010""; ""Introduction""; ""Methodology""; ""Forecast Accuracy""; ""State Projections""; ""County Projections""; ""Accounting for Uncertainty"" |
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""State Projections""""County Projections""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter-3""; ""Simplifying Local Area Population and Household Projections with POPART""; ""Introduction""; ""POPART""; ""Data""; ""Model Validation""; ""Application: Population and Household Projections for Noosa""; ""Assumptions""; ""Results""; ""Conclusions""; ""Software""; ""References""; ""Chapter-4""; ""The Net Undercount of Children in the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census""; ""Introduction""; ""Demographic Analysis Methodology""; ""Using DA to Estimate the Black Population""; ""Data Sources"" |
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""2010 Demographic Analysis Results""""2010 DA Estimates for Adults Compared to Children""; ""2010 DA Estimates for Single Year of Age for Children""; ""Undercount of Children by Sex""; ""The Population Under Age 5""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter-5""; ""Mathematical Modeling and Projecting Population of Bangladesh by Age and Sex from 2002 to 2031""; ""Introduction""; ""Data and Methods""; ""Model Building""; ""Validation Technique of Model""; ""F-test""; ""Exponential Growth Rate Method""; ""Results of Model Fittings and Discussion"" |
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""Conclusions and Concluding Remarks""""References""; ""Part II""; ""Evaluation of Population Estimates Produced by New and Current Methods""; ""Chapter-6 ""; ""Sub-County Population Estimates Using Administrative Records: A Municipal-Level Case Study in New Mexico""; ""Introduction""; ""Materials and Methods""; ""Study Area: NM Characteristics""; ""The Component Method and Comparison Series ""; ""Database: Inputs, Georeferencing, and Remediation""; ""Evaluating Estimates""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Chapter-7""; ""Housing-Unit Method in Comparison: The Virginia Case"" |
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""Introduction""""Estimation Methodologies""; ""Component Method""; ""Ratio-Correlation Method""; ""Housing Unit Method""; ""Evaluation Measures""; ""What are the Best Input Variables for the House Unit Method?""; ""How Well Do the Three Methods Perform?""; ""Does Averaging Two Methods Improve Accuracy?""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Chapter-8""; ""On the Ratio-Correlation Regression Method of Population Estimation and Its Variants""; ""Introduction""; ""Ratio-Correlation and its Variants""; ""Uncertainty in Ratio-Correlation Estimates""; ""Shortcomings of Regression-Based Techniques"" |
| Summary |
By bringing together top-notch demographers, sociologists, economists, statisticians and public health specialists from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to examine a wide variety of public and private issues in applied demography, this book spans a wide range of topics. It evaluates population estimates and projections against actual census counts and suggests further improvement of estimates and projection techniques and evaluation procedures; new techniques are proposed for estimating families and households and particular attention is paid to the much-discussed topic of access to he |
| Analysis |
volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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statistiek |
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statistics |
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toegepaste statistiek |
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applied statistics |
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economie |
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economics |
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populaties |
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populations |
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demografie |
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demography |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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social sciences |
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Social Sciences (General) |
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Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 16, 2014) |
| Subject |
Demography.
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Demography
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demography.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
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Demography
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Business & Economics.
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Demography.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hoque, Nazrul, editor.
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Potter, Lloyd B., editor.
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| ISBN |
9789401789905 |
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9401789908 |
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