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DEM356: Demographic Techniques
This unit enhances the students' knowledge of the dynamics of population change by teaching them advanced quantitative demographic skills. Some of the topics covered include: testing the accuracy of demographic data; stable populations and model life tables; multiple decrement tables; estimating internal migration, techniques of estimating fertility and mortality using incomplete data; and component analysis. Students are provided with hands-on skills of analysing demographic data for Australia and selected overseas countries.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Fei Guo |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp and DEM127(P) |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Marketing and Management |
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