PubMed · 955173
Report on a multiple regression method for making population estimates.
Abstract
A new method of making population estimates is introduced and contrasted to the standard ratio-correlation method. The new method, called the "difference-correlation method," produced population estimates for the counties of Michigan which had a smaller mean percentage error than estimates produced by the ratio-correlation method. The differences of proportions which are used in the difference-correlation method will always have means of zero, while the ratios used in the ratio-correlation method have means which vary. Higher intercorrelations among the variables and increased temporal stability of the intercorrelations are two advantages of using differences rather than ratios.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
Explore connections, maps & timelines
W O'Hare. 1976. Report on a multiple regression method for making population estimates.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/955173/
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.