A comparative analysis of small area population estimation methods

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-284

  Brinegar, Sarah J ^a   Popick, Stephen J ^a  

^a United States Department of Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAL INTERPOLATION; BEST POPULATION; BLOCK GROUP; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHODS; PERCENTAGE ERROR; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION ESTIMATE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELATIVE ACCURACY; ROAD NETWORK; SMALL AREA; SMALL POPULATION; STATISTICAL REGRESSION;

ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AREAL INTERPOLATION; CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751496153     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304010793454327     Document Type: Article

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