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Data, Models, Theory and Reality: The Structure of Demographic Knowledge

Springer Science and Business Media B.V., (2018), 21-42
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65433-1_2
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This chapter looks at the methodological thinking of two leading North American demographers in the second half of the twentieth century, Ansley J. Coale and Nathan Keyfitz. Their ideas are compared to the model-based view of science, which is then used to discuss the interrelationships among the various elements in demographic knowledge.

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Burch, T. K. (2018). Data, Models, Theory and Reality: The Structure of Demographic Knowledge. In Demographic Research Monographs (pp. 21–42). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65433-1_2

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