Model-Based Demography : : Essays on Integrating Data, Technique and Theory.

• Superior document: Demographic Research Monographs
• Author: Burch, Thomas K.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Demographic Research Monographs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: A Model-Based View of Demography -- Chapter 1: Demography in a New Key: A Theory of Population Theory -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Some Demographic Models Revisited -- 1.3 Demography Reconsidered -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Data, Models, Theory and Reality: The Structure of Demographic Knowledge -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Methodology of Ansley J. Coale -- 2.3 Nathan Keyfitz on the Fruitfulness of Abstract Modelling -- 2.4 A Model-Based View of Science -- 2.5 Elements of Science -- 2.6 Assessing Scientific Knowledge -- 2.7 Coda: On the Dangers of Dichotomies -- References -- Chapter 3: Computer Modeling of Theory: Explanation for the Twenty-First Century -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Explanation as Logical Inference -- 3.3 The Origins of Theoretical Ideas Are Irrelevant -- 3.4 Towards More Complexity -- 3.5 Manipulating Complex Systems -- 3.6 Relating Theoretical Models to the Real World -- 3.7 Concluding Comment -- References -- Chapter 4: Computer Simulation and Statistical Modeling: Rivals or Complements? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Analytic Tools and Their Disparate Uses -- 4.3 Modeling Data and Modeling Ideas About the Real World -- 4.4 Hybrids and Mixed Forms: Revisiting the Dichotomies -- 4.5 Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 5: Does Demography Need Differential Equations? -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Predator-Prey and Other Differential Equations in Demographic Literature -- 5.3 Lotkaś Patrimony -- 5.4 Lotka the Human Demographer -- 5.5 Lotka the Theorist -- 5.6 Abbot on Coleman vs. Blalock -- 5.7 Systems Dynamics Software -- 5.8 Concluding Comment -- References -- Part II: Some Demographic Models Re-visited -- Chapter 6: Theory, Computers and the Parameterization of Demographic Behavior -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Coale-McNeil Model.

6.3 The Hernes Model -- 6.4 Canonization Versus Relative Neglect -- 6.5 The Sociology of Demography -- 6.6 Afterthoughts and Updates -- References -- Chapter 7: Estimating the Goodman, Keyfitz and Pullum Kinship Equations: An Alternative Procedure -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Estimating Kin Numbers -- 7.3 Discussion -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Tablecurve Output for Fit of Survival Curve -- Appendix B: Facsimile of Mathcad Worksheet for Kin Numbers -- References -- Chapter 8: The Life Table as a Theoretical Model -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Another Perspective on Life Tables -- 8.3 From Measurement to Simulation -- 8.4 Modeling as Theory -- References -- Chapter 9: Cohort Component Projection: Algorithm, Technique, Model and Theory -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Anatole Romaniuc on Population Projections -- 9.3 Towards Rethinking Demography -- References -- Chapter 10: The Cohort-Component Population Projection: A Strange Attractor for Demographers -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Cohort-Component Population Projection Model: An Overview -- 10.3 The Many Strengths of the CPP Model -- 10.4 Easy Mathematics -- 10.5 Demographers and Mathematics -- 10.6 Some Further Questions -- 10.7 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Teaching Demography -- Chapter 11: Teaching Demography: Ten Principles and Two Rationales -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Ten Principles for Teaching Demography -- 11.2.1 Teaching and Texts in Other Disciplines -- 11.3 A Philosophical Rationale -- 11.4 Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 12: Teaching the Fundamentals of Demography: A Model-Based Approach to Fertility -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Some Concrete Examples of Abstract Fertility Models -- 12.3 Towards More Complex Models -- 12.4 Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 13: On Teaching Demography: Some Non-traditional Guidelines -- 13.1 Introduction.

13.2 Logical Empiricism -- 13.3 An Alternative to Logical Empiricism -- 13.4 Questioning the Formal/Behavioral Distinction -- 13.5 Concluding Comment -- 13.6 Ten Principles for Teaching Basic Demography -- References -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Index.