Fall 2008; Lectures: Monday/Wednesday/Friday
9:00-9:50, University Hall D-543; Lab Wednesday 3:00-6:00 E-640
Class Participation Grading
Rubric
Required reading links
Errata
in Klosterman (1990)
Canadian population data sources:
Lethbridge
2002 Municipal Census (by area, sex and age cohort)
Lethbridge
Population Projection (by Urban Futures)
Canada Population
Projection, 2000-2026
- Statistics
National Population Projection (2003-2075)
-
Office of the Chief Actuary, Office of the Superintendent of Financial
Institutions
E-Stat (educational link
to Statistics Canada sources, requires username)
Other Resources
“Immigrants’
perspectives on their first four years in Canada” by Grant Schellenberg and Hélène Maheux Canadian Social Trends
Community
Economic Analysis: A How To Manual (North Central Regional Center
for Rural Development and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, 1993
revision)
Market Research Handbook (Statistics Canada 2005).
The Web Book of Regional Science
Lorenz
Curve & Gini Demonstration
Least
Squares Demonstration (using Excel)
Linked
from “Let's Put the Squares in Least-Squares” courtesy of: Erhan
Erkut and Armann Ingolfsson
Faculty of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R6, Canada
Location
Quotient Calculator, U.S. Department of Labor
City
of Lethbridge, Annual Reports
2008-2017
Capital Improvement Program
Alberta
Capital Finance Authority
Links to similar courses:
Florida State: Forecasting for
Plan Development
University of Michigan: Quantitative
Planning Methods