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Demographics : a guide to methods and data sources for media, business, and government / Steve H. Murdock [and others].

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xiv, 193 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1594511780
  • 9781594511783
  • 1594511772
  • 9781594511776
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.6 21
Contents:
1. Introduction : demographics in the media, business, and government -- 2. Basic concepts, definitions, and geography of demography -- 3. Basic demographic measures and methods -- 4. National sources of demographic and socioeconomic data -- 5. State and local data sources -- 6. General principles of effective communication of demographic and other quantitative data -- 7. Principles for interpreting demographic data and data-based analytical findings -- 8. Examples of the use and misuse of demographic data -- 9. Summary and suggestions for maintaining and expanding your knowledge base.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183) and index.

1. Introduction : demographics in the media, business, and government -- 2. Basic concepts, definitions, and geography of demography -- 3. Basic demographic measures and methods -- 4. National sources of demographic and socioeconomic data -- 5. State and local data sources -- 6. General principles of effective communication of demographic and other quantitative data -- 7. Principles for interpreting demographic data and data-based analytical findings -- 8. Examples of the use and misuse of demographic data -- 9. Summary and suggestions for maintaining and expanding your knowledge base.

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