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Autore |
Smith Stanley K |
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Titolo |
State and local population projections : methodology and analysis / / Stanley K. Smith, Jeff Tayman, and David A. Swanson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-20813-9 |
9786610208135 |
0-306-47372-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Plenum series on demographic methods and population analysis |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TaymanJeff <1951-> |
SwansonDavid A <1946-> (David Arthur) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Population forecasting - Methodology |
Population research - Methodology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-404) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Fundamentals of Population Analysis -- Overview of the Cohort-Component Method -- Mortality -- Fertility -- Migration -- Implementing the Cohort-Component Method -- Trend Extrapolation Methods -- Structural Models I -- Structural Models II -- Special Adjustments -- Evaluating Projections -- Forecast Accuracy and Bias -- A Practical Guide to Small-Area Projections -- New Directions in Population Projection Research. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The initial plans for this book sprang from a late-afternoon conversation in a hotel bar. All three authors were attending the 1996 meeting of the Population As- ciation of America in New Orleans. While nursing drinks and expounding on a variety of topics, we began talking about our current research projects. It so happened that all three of us had been entertaining the notion of writing a book on state and local population projections. Recognizing the enormity of the project for a single author, we quickly decided to collaborate. Had we not decided to work together, it is unlikely that this book ever would have been written. The last comprehensive treatment of state and local population projections was Don Pittenger’s excellent work Projecting State and Local Populations (1976). Many changes affecting the production of |
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