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Demographic Methods and Concepts
Donald T. Rowland
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Description for Demographic Methods and Concepts
Paperback. Presents the commonly needed techniques for working with population statistics, irrespective of the reader's mathematical background. This book provides concepts and strategies needed in the interpretation of demographic indices and data. It includes a CD-ROM containing integrated learning modules and applications facilitating demographic studies. Num Pages: 560 pages, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBD; RGC; UNC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 976.
Demographic Methods and Concepts presents the methods most commonly needed to work with statistical materials on population at national, regional and local levels. Unlike other textbooks in the field, clear non-technical language is used throughout to make demographic techniques accessible to a broad readership irrespective of background in mathematics. All the demographic techniques most relevant to the work of demographers, geographers, sociologists and planners are covered. Demographic concepts and practical strategies important in the interpretation of population statistics are also discussed. The book takes a unique and innovative computer-based approach to the visualisation of ... Read more
Demographic Methods and Concepts presents the methods most commonly needed to work with statistical materials on population at national, regional and local levels. Unlike other textbooks in the field, clear non-technical language is used throughout to make demographic techniques accessible to a broad readership irrespective of background in mathematics. All the demographic techniques most relevant to the work of demographers, geographers, sociologists and planners are covered. Demographic concepts and practical strategies important in the interpretation of population statistics are also discussed. The book takes a unique and innovative computer-based approach to the visualisation of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198752639
SKU
V9780198752639
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Ref
99-1
About Donald T. Rowland
Don Rowland is a Reader in Population Studies at the Australian National University, where he teaches courses on demographic methods, population trends and social changes. He has published monographs, and numerous papers in academic journals and books, focussing on migration, the family, ageing, and national population changes. His research has included many studies undertaken for Australian and international organisations, including ... Read more
Reviews for Demographic Methods and Concepts
'Demographic Methods and Concepts is likely to have such a broader readership, since it is designed to serve also as a self-contained introduction and instructional manual on its subject. It is well written (enlivened with apt quotations from Graunt) and requires little mathematical backround. The graphics are excellent. Fully up-tp-date in terms of 'desktop demography, it has bibliographies that cater ... Read more