Compositional Data Analysis in Population Studies

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1251-1266

  Lloyd, Christopher D ^a   Pawlowsky Glahn, Vera ^b   Egozcue, Juan José ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

census data; log ratios; percentages; proportions

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; POPULATION SIZE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867196811     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.652855     Document Type: Article

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