Chapter 3 commonly used statistical terms there are many statistics used in social science research and evaluation. Ecological footprint calculating sustainability note. The journal of population ageing jpa examines the broad questions of ageing societies throughout the world, thereby stimulating discussion of north american, european, and transitional and developing world issues. Measuring healthy days, describes the origins, validity, and value of a set of survey meas ures developed by the centers for disease control and prevention cdc and its partners for use in tracking population health status and healthrelated quality of life hrqol in states and communi ties. The bowel function index for evaluating constipation in pain patients. An essay on the principle of population an essay on the principle of population, as it affects the future improvement of society with remarks on the speculations of mr. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1. But terminology is not crucial, and some may want to define these words differently, and to preserve a sharp distinction between theory and model. Examining distributional shifts by using population. The central ideas i wish to convey are an emphasis on formal demography as substantive knowledge, and a plea. This also implies that all members belong to the same species. Broadly speaking, population studies is concerned with understanding what are the. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7. Descriptive statistics involve the tabulating, depicting, and describing of collections of data.
World urbanization prospects population division united. As a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, globalization is considered by some as a form of capitalist expansion which entails the integration of local and national economies into a global, unregulated market economy. The fao indicator of the prevalence of undernourishment. A species or other taxon that shares a common ancestor, usually a relatively recent ancestor, with. The bowel function index for evaluating constipation in pain. In the context of asean member states ams the age ranges of youth are defined in the law and regulations which exist in each country. A uk citizen, for example, has an average ecological footprint of 6. Index case definition of index case by medical dictionary. Information and translations of population growth in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. In this survey, a subset of 55 women was selected out of the entire population of women who requested tops in the gert sibande district. The program will automatically skip either set of variables in data processing.
The bowel function index for evaluating constipation in. Demography and population studies the study of human population is known by the two terms demography and population studies. School enrollment, primary and secondary gross, gender parity index gpi terrestrial and marine protected areas % of total territorial area total greenhouse gas emissions kt of co2 equivalent urban population. Measuring healthy days centers for disease control and. Definition demography can be defined as the study of human. There are two ways to leave a population, by death and by outmigration. Jan 23, 2019 a population index that measures various outcomes of mens health in a single index, and allows for crosscountry comparison, may provide the needed exposure of this problem more strategically. Every descriptive measure value shown there is a parameter, as it is computed from information obtained from the entire population.
This means that they can regularly exchange gametes to produce normallyfertile offspring, and such a breeding group is also known therefore as a gamodeme. Census by demographic analysis, 19401990 race 1940 1960 1980 1990 total population 1. Examining distributional shifts by using population stability index psi for model validation and diagnosis, continued. The index measures the proportion of a countrys average per capita footprint not supplied from its own biocapacity to determine how dependent it is on external sources. The third class of statistics is design and experimental statistics. This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution. Conceptually, dissimilarity measures the percentage of a groups population that would have to change residence for each neighborhood to have the same percentage of that group as the metropolitan area overall. In addition, education is not only an important source of population heterogeneity that influences population dynamics, but it is also an important influence on peoples capabilities and empowerment, as will be discussed below.
Measures of segregation and isolation benjamin forest 2005. Population meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Considered in comparison or relation to something else. As with any type of projection, there is a degree of.
Food availability is a rather poor predictor of failure to grow, mortality and economic productivity svedberg, 2000. Measures of segregation and isolation benjamin forest. These are indices that are used to summarize population dynamics and characteristics in one number. Why population aging matters national institute on aging. Pdf effect of population growth on economic development.
Examples of wildlife population dynamics, analysed to study determinants of population growth rate, using one or more. Examining distributional shifts by using population stability. From this table, the frequency of each allele at each locus can be calculated. Population genetics ecology in population genetics a sexual population is a set of organisms in which any pair of members can breed together. Urban areas are defined according to the criteria used. Human population growth where have we come from and where are we going. If you understand the concepts with both sets of notation, then you really understand the material.
The index is not distributionsensitive and an increase in food deficiency of the most deprived sector. For example, the population of interest may be that of students attending a specific university during a specific year. In many cases these two terms are used interchangeably, but some scholars also try to distinguish between the two. In statistics and research design, an index is a composite statistic a measure of changes in a representative group of individual data points, or in other words, a compound measure that aggregates multiple indicators. A person related to another by heredity, adoption, or marriage. Pdf effect of population growth on economic development in. Population estimator documentation the population estimator, designed by the geospatial research and spatial services program grasp at cdcatsdr, is an arcgis geoprocessing tool that estimates the population in a userdefined area surrounding a specified feature or features of interest.
Census bureau began pub lishing the supplemental poverty measure spm. Much data in the field of social sciences is represented in various indices such as gender gap index, human development. Indicator definitions and metadata download all definitions in one pdf file. These documents do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the united nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation. In this survey, a subset of 55 women was selected out of the entire population of. For the first time in history, and probably for the rest of human history, people age 65 and over will outnumber children under age 5. It is expected to keep growing, and estimates have put the total population at 8. Examining distributional shifts by using population stability index psi for model validation and diagnosis alec zhixiao lin, loandepot, foothill ranch, ca. Assumes that the population distribution is the same as the life table distribution and that the life. The index is not distributionsensitive and an increase in food deficiency of the most deprived sector of the population would leave the index unchanged. Globalization or globalisation is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. Definition of population growth in the definitions. Relative population index definition of relative population.
Singapore is the worlds most overpopulated state, followed by israel and kuwait, according to a new league table ranking countries by their degree of overpopulation. Some examples of commonly used population indices are as follows. Population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population. The population parameters are presented in table 91, along with the simple data array from which they were derived. The two main areas of statistics are descriptive and inferential. Haplotype frequency a 1b 1 x 11 a 1b 2 x 12 a 2b 1 x 21 a 2b 2 x 22.
A sample is a subset of a population selected to participate in the study, it is a fraction of the whole, selected to participate in the research project brink 1996. Probability of dying per 1 000 population between 15 and 60 years adult mortality rate pdf, kb. The journal of population ageing jpa examines the broad questions of ageing societies throughout the world, thereby stimulating discussion of north american, european, and. Estimated population living in urban areas at midyear as a percentage of the total midyear population in a country. A population index that measures various outcomes of mens health in a single index, and allows for crosscountry comparison, may provide the needed exposure of this problem more strategically. The lecture notes on population and development provide information on demographic concepts, current trends of population growth, patterns and. Population stability index psi is a metric to measure how much a variable has shifted in distribution between two samples or over time. The notation used in lecture may not always agree with that used in your text.