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Age, Time, and Fertility

Applications of Exploratory Data Analysis

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Authors:

MARY B. BRECKENRIDGE

Age, Time, and Fertility

Applications of Exploratory Data Analysis

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    I - Introduction

    Pages 1-7

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    II - Preparing for an Exploratory Analysis: Data and Analytic Approach

    Pages 8-38

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    III - Starting an Exploratory Analysis: Choices and Procedures

    Pages 39-68

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    IV - Residuals: The Evidence of Goodness-of-Fit

    Pages 69-90

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    V - Re-presentation of Fits: Demographically Guided Standard Forms

    Pages 91-124

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    VI - Age Patterns of Overall Fertility: Two Centuries of Change

    Pages 125-181

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    VII - Age Patterns of Marital Fertility: Seven Decades of Change

    Pages 182-236

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    VIII - Preliminary Cross-population Comparisons of Fertility Patterns: Evidence for the Generality of EHR Age Standards

    Pages 237-269

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    IX - Conclusion

    Pages 270-273

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    APPENDIX A - The Relationship of Empirical Analysis to More Narrowly Modeled Analysis

    Pages 274-281

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    APPENDIX B - Robust-Resistant Fitting Procedures and a Robust-Resistant Measure of Fit

    Pages 282-285

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    APPENDIX C - Re-presentation of EHR Fits in a Standard Form

    Pages 286-298

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    References

    Pages 299-304

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    Index

    Pages 305-317

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    STUDIES IN POPULATION

    Pages 318-319

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Age, Time, and Fertility: Applications of Exploratory Data Analysis describes change in the age pattern of fertility that responds to a specific need in making fertility comparisons across time and place. This book discusses a modeling process based on Tukey's exploratory data analysis (EDA) methods, which is proved very effective in other fields for detecting underlying patterns, even in flawed data. The first part of this text provides an introduction to the philosophy and tools of EDA and to the data analyzed, examining in detail the process of developing and standardizing the closely fitting, few-parameter descriptions of demographic change in time sequence. The rest of the chapters examine the results and applications of fertility modeling and establish relations between change in the age pattern of fertility and level of fertility. This publication is intended for those interested in the measures and methods of fertility change that can be applied to demographic data.

Age, Time, and Fertility: Applications of Exploratory Data Analysis describes change in the age pattern of fertility that responds to a specific need in making fertility comparisons across time and place. This book discusses a modeling process based on Tukey's exploratory data analysis (EDA) methods, which is proved very effective in other fields for detecting underlying patterns, even in flawed data. The first part of this text provides an introduction to the philosophy and tools of EDA and to the data analyzed, examining in detail the process of developing and standardizing the closely fitting, few-parameter descriptions of demographic change in time sequence. The rest of the chapters examine the results and applications of fertility modeling and establish relations between change in the age pattern of fertility and level of fertility. This publication is intended for those interested in the measures and methods of fertility change that can be applied to demographic data.

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978-0-12-128750-4

Language

English

Published

1983

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Copyright © 1983 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Authors

MARY B. BRECKENRIDGE

Department of Family Medicine, Rutgers Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey