Essential Demographic Methods by Kenneth W. Wachter (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Essential Demographic Methods by Kenneth W. Wachter Classroom-tested over many years and filled with fresh examples, Essential Demographic Methods is tailored to beginners, advanced students, and researchers. Award-winning teacher and eminent demographer Kenneth Wachter draws on themes from the individual lifecourse, history, and global change to bring out the wider appeal of demography. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Essential Demographic Methods brings to readers the full range of ideas and skills of demographic analysis that lie at the core of social sciences and public health. Classroom tested over many years, filled with fresh data and examples, this approachable text is tailored to the needs of beginners, advanced students, and researchers alike. An award-winning teacher and eminent demographer, Kenneth Wachter uses themes from the individual lifecourse, history, and global change to convey the meaning of concepts such as exponential growth, cohorts and periods, lifetables, population projection, proportional hazards, parity, marity, migration flows, and stable populations. The presentation is carefully paced and accessible to readers with knowledge of high-school algebra. Each chapter contains original problem sets and worked examples.From the most basic concepts and measures to developments in spatial demography and hazard modeling at the research frontier, Essential Demographic Methods brings out the wider appeal of demography in its connections across the sciences and humanities. It is a lively, compact guide for understanding quantitative population analysis in the social and biological world. Author Biography Kenneth W. Wachter is Professor of Demography and Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Review Ken Wachters unique and fascinating approach to teaching demographic methods has shaped generations of undergraduates and graduate students at UC Berkeley. Essential Demographic Methods is a major accomplishment and makes his invaluable and original teachings available to a broad audience. -- Hans-Peter Kohler, University of PennsylvaniaI studied with Ken Wachter and became a demographer because of the course he taught with the materials that became this book. -- Mary C. Waters, Harvard University Review Quote Ken Wachtere(tm)s unique and fascinating approach to teaching demographic methods has shaped generations of undergraduates and graduate students at UC Berkeley. Essential Demographic Methods is a major accomplishment and makes his invaluable and original teachings available to a broad audience. Details ISBN0674045572 Author Kenneth W. Wachter Short Title ESSENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 0674045572 ISBN-13 9780674045576 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Harvard University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Illustrations 40 graphs, 46 tables UK Release Date 2021-01-07 AU Release Date 2021-01-07 NZ Release Date 2021-01-07 Pages 312 DEWEY 304.60723 Audience Professional & Vocational Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-06-23 US Release Date 2014-06-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161735364;

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