DEMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES I

C&ESOC/SOC 971

Advanced study of selected topics related to population and society, including health and inequality across the life course, environmental and spatial demography, biodemography.

SOC 351

Introduction to principles and basic techniques in surveys for social research. Specific topics include the basic concepts of sampling and survey measurement. Learn how survey researchers apply the methods presented and practice applying the concepts and methods learned. The techniques used in this class are relevant for many kinds of data collection and standardized measurement. Provides a substantial experience with practical research skills that are relevant in many academic and private sector contexts.

SOC 170

Social, economic, and political problems affected by birth and death rates, population size and distribution, voluntary and forced migration. World ecology, limits to growth, economic development, international conflict, environmental quality, metropolitan expansion, segregation by age, race, and wealth. Policies affecting reproduction, nuptiality, morbidity, mortality, migration.

SOC 756

Intermediate to advanced tools used by demographers for studying the behavior of human populations: multiple decrement processes, stable population model, demographic relations in non-stable populations, model age patterns of vital events, indirect estimation methods.

STAT 411

An introduction to the methods used to design sample surveys and analyze the results. Topics covered include: basic tools, simple random sampling, ratio and regression estimation, stratification, systematic sampling, cluster (area) sampling, two-stage sampling, unequal probability sampling, non-sampling errors, and missing data. For illustration and clarification, examples are drawn from diverse areas of application.