Model-based demography : essays on integrating data, technique and theory /: essays on integrating data, technique and theory. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas K. Burch.
• Authors: Burch, Thomas K
• Contents: Part I: A Model-Based View of Demography: 1. Demography in a New Key: A Theory of Population Theory -- 2. Data, Models and Reality: The Structure of Demographic Knowledge -- 3. Computer Modeling of Theory: Explanation for the 21st Century -- 4. Computer Simulation and Statistical Modeling: Rivals or Complements? -- 5. Does Demography Need Differential Equations? Part II: Some Demographic Models Re-visited: 6. Theory, Computers and the Parametrization of Demographic Behavior -- 7. Estimating the Goodman, Keyfitz, Pullum Kinship Equations: An Alternative Procedure -- 8. The Life Table as a Theoretical Model -- 9. The Cohort-Component Projection Algorithm: Technique, Model and Theory -- 10. The Cohort-Component Projection Model: A Strange Attractor for Demographers Part III: Teaching Demography: 11. Teaching Demography: Ten Principles and Two Rationales -- 12. Teaching the Fundamentals of Demography: A Model-Based Approach to Family and Fertility, -- 13. On Teaching Demography : Some Non-Traditional Guidelines -- Part IV: Conclusion:14 Conclusion -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 200 pages)
• Subjects: 304.6; Social sciences; Demography -- Mathematical models; Demography; Statistics; Science_xPhilosophy; Social sciences_xMethodology; Demography; Demography -- Mathematical models; Social Science -- Statistics; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Social Science -- Methodology; Social research & statistics; Philosophy of science; Social Science -- Demography; Population & demography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319654331; 3319654330
• Related ISBNs: 9783319654324; 3319654322
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