Spring 2011
Lectures: Tuesday/Thursday
4:30-5:45, University Hall C-610
Lab Wednesday 12:00-14:50
University Hall E-630
Too Fast Link removed. Please use
regular course evaluation.
WebCT (link for student to check iClicker points)
Required reading links
Coursepack
Reading -
Revised on March 17, 2011
Could
the 2011 Census be the last for the United Kingdom?
Documentation for Lab 4 – Cohort
survival
Constrained
Gravity Model pdf
Errata in Klosterman
(1990)
Formulas: things that you need not remember
Canadian population data
sources:
Lethbridge
2010 Municipal Census (by area, sex and age cohort)
Lethbridge
Population Projection (by Urban Futures)
Canada
Population Projection, 2009-2036 - Statistics Canada
National Population Projection (2003-2075) - Office of the Chief Actuary, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Alberta male life table
2000-2002
Alberta female life table
2000-2002
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 20085).
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
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Links to similar courses:
Florida State: Forecasting for
Plan Development
University of Michigan: Quantitative
Planning Methods