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Comparison of microcomputer programs for making population projections: an update.

N J Mcgirr·S O Rutstein
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"There are many programs for making population projections now available for use with microcomputers. This article reviews six of approximately 15 microcomputer population projection programs. Each program is compared to a standard set of criteria relating to such items as hardware and software requirements, input data requirements and specification of assumptions, methodology and documentation, and summary output indicators. Numerical results from projections of six test data sets reflecting different assumptions about mortality, fertility, and migration are compared. Qualitative comments are included for describing special features and for making an overall assessment of each program." (SUMMARY IN FRE)

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N J Mcgirr, S O Rutstein. 1988. Comparison of microcomputer programs for making population projections: an update.. https://doi.org/10.1080/08898488809525270

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