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Report on a multiple regression method for making population estimates

Author(s) -

William P. O’Hare

Publication year - 1976

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060534

Subject(s) - statistics , correlation , mathematics , standard error , population , regression , regression analysis , correlation coefficient , stability (learning theory) , linear regression , econometrics , multiple correlation , demography , computer science , geometry , machine learning , sociology

A new method of making population estimates is introduced and contrasted to the standard ratio-correlation method. The new method, called the “difference-correlation method,” produced population estimates for the counties of Michigan which had a smaller mean percentage error than estimates produced by the ratio-correlation method. The differences of proportions which are used in the difference-correlation method will always have means of zero, while the ratios used in the ratio-correlation method have means which vary. Higher intercorrelations among the variables and increased temporal stability of the intercorrelations are two advantages of using differences rather than ratios.

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