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Lesson 4 Quantitative Analysis (Population)

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Linear Method   Uses the rate of growth (or decline) in a population over a period of time to estimate the current or future population  
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Exponential and Modified Exponential Method   Uses the rate of growth (or decline) in a population over a period of time to estimate the current or future population  
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Step-Down (Ratio) Method   Uses the ratio of the population in a city and a county (or a larger geographical unit) at a known point in time Such as decennial census  
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Symptomatic Method   Uses available data to estimate the current population Correlation between population and other events (e.g. tax returns, school enrollment, etc.)  
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Distribution Housing Unit Method   Census bureau data for the number of housing units. which is then multiplied by the occupancy rate and persons per household  
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Cohort Survival Method   Uses the current population plus natural increase and net migration to calculate a future population  
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Trend Extrapolation   Takes the past and projects it into the future Methods: Linear Exponential Gompertz  
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Gompertz   A family of curves, describing demographic growth, that increase exponentially at first before reaching a plateau.  
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Allocation Methods   Ratio Method (Step-Down) Distributed Housing Unit Method  
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