Demographic Methods 2

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Explain and assess methods for dealing with missing or incomplete data in demography;
• Appreciate specific issues in population estimation and projections, including small area, household and multistate projections, and uncertainty quantification.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply the cohort-component method to compute your own population projection.
• Carry out basic operations on matrices and vectors, and apply basic matrix algebra to population projection problems;
• Select and apply appropriate methods for dealing with different types of demographic data;
• Calculate a stable population, compute and analyse the basic features and measures of the associated population dynamics;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate problem solving by using appropriate software for a range of demographic tasks.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.