The Methods and Materials of Demography

The Methods and Materials of Demography PDF Author: Henry S. Shryock
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483289109
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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Book Description
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.