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Organizing, Analyzing, Reporting Data Flashcards

Plan Making (13 cards)

1
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3 major components of demographic analysis.

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Fertility
Mortality
Migration

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2
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Percentiles and Quartiles

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3
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Measures of Dispersion Variability

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Range
Standard Deviation
Variance

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4
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Measures of Central Tendency

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Mean
Median
Mode

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5
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Measure of distribution shape

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Skewness
Kurtosis (thickness of the tails)

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6
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What type of document would make use of demographic analysis tools?

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A comprehensive plan

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7
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Demographic analysis types

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Descriptive: tools, date, and methods to describe the population of an area
Trends: look at how demographic data has changed over time
Projections: estimates of future population and population structure

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8
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Ratio/Step-down Method

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Less technically complicated, good for smaller area projections. The farther out the projections, the more the margin of error.

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Cohort Component (aka Cohort Survival)

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Technically complicated, lots of data, good for large area projections like states or large metropolitan areas. Most common
Cohort=age group, Component=the three components of demography (fertility, mortality, migration)

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10
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Extrapolation Methods

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Good at the county level, bases growth on observed growth trends, watch out for mitigating factors.

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Symptomatic Methods

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Regression analysis can be used for small areas.

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12
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Housing Units Methods

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Similar to extrapolation but good at a local level.

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13
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Delphi Method

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Used to develop a consensus between two or more groups that are in conflict.

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