ESOn4009 Advanced Methods of Demographic Analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Dr. Zuzanna Brzozowska, M.Sc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Zuzanna Brzozowska, M.Sc., M.A.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
! SOC608 Advanced Methods of Demographi
Students enrolled in this course must have completed the introductory course to Demography. Working knowledge of Excel and good understanding of quantitative research methods will make your course participation more efficient. This is an MA level course and this defines the teaching style, the anticipated workload, and the level of student involvement. Reasonable ability to read, write and speak English is anticipated.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a course in methods of demographic analysis which will combine lectures and Excel exercises. It will cover the following analytical tools: life table (single and decrement), fertility measures (period and cohort measures), standardisation techniques, population projections, evaluating data quality, indirect estimation methods.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to: - compute demographic rates, population growth & decline, population structure, mortality measures, Lexis diagram - calculate life tables: single and decrement life table, stable/stationary models / population - Use fertility measures: period and cohort fertility, conduct standardisation - Do and analyse basic population projections - evaluate data quality and perform indirect estimation
Syllabus
  • - Refreshing the basics: demographic rates, population growth & decline, population structure, mortality measures, Lexis diagram - Life table: single and decrement life table, stable/stationary models / population - Fertility measures: period and cohort fertility, standardisation - Population projections - Evaluating data quality; indirect estimation methods
Literature
    required literature
  • PRESTON, Samuel H., Patrick HEUVELINE and Michel GUILLOT. Demography : measuring and modeling population processes. 1st ed. Malden: Blackwell, 2001, xiii, 291. ISBN 1557864519. info
Teaching methods
lectures, Excel ecercises, group project, presentation, assignments (computations and reading), tests
Assessment methods
Research report and its presentation
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/person/241243
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