The methods and materials of demography:
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Main Author: Shryock, Henry S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Academic Press ©1976
Edition:Condensed ed. , by Edward G. Stockwell
Series:Studies in population
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Like the original two-volume work, this work attempts to present a systematic and comprehensive exposition, with illustrations, of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data. The book is concerned with how 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. It sets forth the sources, limitations, underlying definitions, and bases of classification, as well as the techniques and methods that have been developed for summarizing and analyzing the data
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 577 pages)
ISBN:0126411506
9780126411508

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