2009 Course Handbook
DEM356: Demographic Techniques
This unit will enhance the students' knowledge of the dynamics of population change by teaching them advanced quantitative demographic skills. Some of the topics covered will include: testing the accuracy of data, curve fitting and demographic modelling, stable populations, multiple decrement tables, component analysis, and demography in medical sciences. Students will be provided with hands-on experience of analysing demographic data for Australia and selected overseas countries .
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Farhat Yusuf |
| Prerequisites: | DEM127(P) and (DEM255(P) or DEM256(P) or 18cp with GPA of 1.50) |
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
Commerce; Economics Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Business |
Timetable Information
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