The Methods and Materials of Demography - Hardcover

David A. Swanson; Jacob S. Siegel

 
9780126419559: The Methods and Materials of Demography
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0126419558 ISBN 13: 9780126419559
Verlag: Academic Press Inc, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Presents an exposition of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data. This book is concerned with the ways data on population are gathered, classified, and treated to produce tabulations and various summarizing measures that reveal the significant aspects of the composition and dynamics of populations.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jacob S. Siegel has had three overlapping careers: former senior statistician for demographic research and analysis for the U.S. Census Bureau, former senior research scholar and professorial lecturer in demography in the Department of Demography, Georgetown University, and currently, private consultant, J. Stuart Siegel Demographic Services. In his career at the U.S. Census Bureau, Siegel received both the Gold Medal Award and the Silver Medal Award from the Department of Commerce. He is formerly President of the Population Association of America and is currently a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. For the past 20 years, Siegel has been working privately as an expert witness and a commissioned author of various technical documents in applied demography and gerontological demography. He is the author or co-author of three books, numerous monographs, papers, and book reviews. Applied Demography reflects the wide-ranging experience of the author as researcher, practitioner, and teacher of demography over the last several decades. He has been intimately involved in developments relating to population estimates and projections, evaluating census data for undercounts and other errors and serving as consultant and expert witness in high-profile cases on these and related matters.

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Verlag
Academic Press Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0126419558
ISBN 13 
9780126419559
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
836
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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