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  • The Indirect Estimation of Migration

    Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data

    by Andrei Rogers, Jani Little, James Raymer ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents the culmination of our collaborative research, going back over 15 years (Rogers & Little, 1994), and for one of us, even longer (Rogers, 1967, 1973). It addresses a dif?cult, yet necessary, area of demographic research: what to do in data situations characterized by irregular, inadequate, or missing data. A common solution within the demographic community has been what is ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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  • Behavioral Research Data Analysis with R

    by Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book is written for behavioral scientists who want to consider adding R to their existing set of statistical tools, or want to switch to R as their main computation tool. The authors aim primarily to help practitioners of behavioral research make the transition to R. The focus is to provide practical advice on some of the widely-used statistical methods in behavioral research, using a set of ... Read more

    $96.09 CAD

  • Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics in the Law

    by Michael O. Finkelstein ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    When as a practicing lawyer I published my ?rst article on statistical evidence in 1966, the editors of the Harvard Law Review told me that a mathematical equa- 1 tion had never before appeared in the review. This hardly seems possible - but if they meant a serious mathematical equation, perhaps they were right. Today all that has changed in legal academia. Whole journals are devoted to scienti?c ... Read more

    $83.29 CAD

  • The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus

    Rereading the Principle of Population

    by Alison Bashford, Joyce E. Chaplin ...
    An ambitious global history that fundamentally alters our understanding of MalthusThe New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published ... Read more

    $42.89 CAD

  • The Washington State Census Board and Its Demographic Legacy

    by David A. Swanson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book tells the story of how a group of far-sighted, academic researchers came to the aid of an overwhelmed local government. It details the history of the Washington State Census Board, which began in 1943 as part of an emergency measure during a massive wartime in-migration. The narrative also shows the demographic legacy of the Board and, ultimately, provides an unforgettable look into the ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Population Reconstruction

    Edited by Gerrit Bloothooft, Peter Christen, Kees Mandemakers, Marijn Schraagen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses the problems that are encountered, and solutions that have been proposed, when we aim to identify people and to reconstruct populations under conditions where information is scarce, ambiguous, fuzzy and sometimes erroneous.The process from handwritten registers to a reconstructed digitized population consists of three major phases, reflected in the three main sections of this ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Dynamic Demographic Analysis

    Edited by Robert Schoen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume presents state of the art analyses from scholars dealing with a range of demographic topics of current concern, including longevity, mortality and morbidity, migration, and how population composition impacts intergenerational transfer schemes. New approaches are applied to such issues as measuring changes in cohort survivorship in low mortality populations, patterns of mortality ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead

    Edited by Samrat Sinha, Elizabeth Minor, Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the methodological problems of accounting for the dead in armed conflicts as well as how the process itself is open to manipulation and controversy. Inspired by the work of the International Practitioner Network of casualty recording organizations, the book features thematic analysis, case studies and historical discussion on the use of the body count towards political, ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • The Demographic Masculinization of China

    Hoping for a Son

    by Isabelle Attané ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for sons, which generates discrimination toward females and results in a shortage of girls and women. China ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Lexis in Demography

    by Olga Kurtinová, Klára Hulíková Tesárková ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the life of economist and social scientist Wilhelm Lexis and the key demographic instrument named after him: the Lexis diagram. It describes this vital tool, which helps demographers visualize data, and examines its various forms through a specially designed example. As a result, readers get to see the Lexis diagram in practice and gain first-hand insight into its different ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Emerging Techniques in Applied Demography

    Edited by Lloyd B. Potter, M.Nazrul Hoque ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    By bringing together top-notch demographers, sociologists, economists, statisticians and public health specialists from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to examine a wide variety of public and private issues in applied demography, this book spans a wide range of topics. It evaluates population estimates and projections against actual census counts and suggests further improvement of ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • The Frontiers of Applied Demography

    Edited by David A. Swanson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book details cutting-edge methods and findings that may shape the future of applied demography. Inside, readers will discover new insights into the databases, substantive issues, and methodological approaches that can help them to improve how they use demography in decision making and planning problems in both public and private settings.The topics and perspectives are found in the book’s 23 ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD