GEOG 6732:
FORMAL POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
FALL 2000 SCHEDULE

 
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
8/28
Introduction and matrices
Readings:  Lichter; Rogers (1971) Ch. 1-2 
8/30
Matrices and Linear Regression
Readings:  Rogers (1971) Ch. 3.1-3.2
9/4
No Class - Labor Day Holiday
9/6
Multiple Regression
Readings:  Rogers (1971) Ch. 3.3-3.4
9/11
Logistic Regression (Frans' PowerPoint files)
Readings:  Pampel (2000); Morgan and Teachman (1988)
9/13
Log-Linear Models (Frans' PowerPoint files)
Readings:  Pampel (2000); Morgan and Teachman (1988)
9/18
Log-Rate and Logistic (Frans' PowerPoint files)
Readings:  Pampel (2000); Morgan and Teachman (1988)
9/20
Logistic Regression (Frans' PowerPoint files)
Readings:  Pampel (2000); Morgan and Teachman (1988)
9/25
Uniregional and Biregional
Readings:  Rogers (1995) Ch. 1-2
9/27
Uniregional
Readings:  Rogers (1995) Ch. 3
10/2
Uniregional
Readings:  Rogers (1985) Ch. 1 & 3; Rogers (1995), Ch. 3
10/4
Lexis, life lines, etc.  (Intro. to Frans)
Readings:  Handouts
Assignment #1 due
10/9
Frans Willekens Guest Lecture
Readings:  Paper #1 in Reader; Yamaguchi (1991) Ch. 1-4; Handouts
10/11
Frans Willekens Guest Lecture
Readings:  Paper #5 in Reader; Yamaguchi (1991) Ch. 1-4; Handouts
10/16
Frans Willekens Guest Lecture
Readings:  Paper #4 in Reader; Yamaguchi (1991) Ch. 1-4; Handouts
10/18
Frans Willekens Guest Lecture
Readings:  Working Paper (Mills, 1999); Yamaguchi (1991) Ch. 1-4; Handouts
10/23
Multiregional
Readings:  Paper #2 in Reader; Rogers (1985) Ch. 2 & 4; Rogers (1995) Ch. 2 & 4
10/25
Multiregional
Readings:  Rogers (1995), Ch. 4
10/30
Multiregional
Readings:  Rogers (1995) Ch. 5-7
11/1
Event History Analysis (Go to Jane Menken's Class)
Readings:  Yamaguchi Ch. 5-6; TBA
11/6
Event History Analysis (Go to Jane Menken's Class)
Readings:  Yamaguchi Ch. 5-6; TBA
11/8
Event History Analysis (Go to Jane Menken's Class)
Readings:  Yamaguchi Ch. 5-6; TBA
11/13
Event History Analysis (Go to Jane Menken's Class)
Readings:  Yamaguchi Ch. 5-6; TBA
11/15
Event History Analysis (Go to Jane Menken's Class)
Readings:  Yamaguchi Ch. 5-6; TBA
11/20
Model Schedules
Readings:  Handouts
Assignment #2 due
11/22
No Class Thanksgiving Break
11/27
Multistate
Readings:  Paper #3 in Reader; Rogers (1985) Ch. 4; Handouts
11/29
Spatial Structures
Readings:  Handouts
12/4
Forecasting
Readings:  Handouts
12/6
Time Series Methods (Robert McNown Guest Lecture)
Readings:  Handouts
12/11
Class Presentations
12/13
Class Presentations

References

Lichter, Daniel T. "A Generational Shift in Population Research and Training".

Mills, Melinda (1999). "Construction of Input Data for Log-Linear Models of Event Histories."  Working Paper 93-3, Population Research Centre, University of Groningen.

Morgan, S.P. and J.D. Teachman (1988).  "Logistic Regression:  Description, Examples, and Comparisons."  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 50:929-936.

Pampel, Fred C. (2000).  Logistic Regression:  A Primer.  Thousand Oaks:  Sage.

Reader (2000).  Course Readings, Geography 6732, Fall 2000.

Rogers, Andrei (1971).  Matrix Methods in Urban and Regional Analysis.  San Francisco:  Holden-Day.

Rogers, Andrei (1985).  Regional Population Projection Models.  Beverly Hills:  Sage.

Rogers, Andrei (1995).  Multiregional Demography:  Principles, Methods, and Extensions.  Chichester:  Wiley.

Yamaguchi, Kazuo (1991).  Event History Analysis.  Newbury Park:  Sage.
 

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