Age, Time, and Fertility. Applications of Exploratory Data Analysis

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Figures and Tables, Pages xi-xix
Preface, Pages xxi-xxiii
Acknowledgments, Page xxv
I - Introduction, Pages 1-7
II - Preparing for an Exploratory Analysis: Data and Analytic Approach, Pages 8-38
III - Starting an Exploratory Analysis: Choices and Procedures, Pages 39-68
IV - Residuals: The Evidence of Goodness-of-Fit, Pages 69-90
V - Re-presentation of Fits: Demographically Guided Standard Forms, Pages 91-124
VI - Age Patterns of Overall Fertility: Two Centuries of Change, Pages 125-181
VII - Age Patterns of Marital Fertility: Seven Decades of Change, Pages 182-236
VIII - Preliminary Cross-population Comparisons of Fertility Patterns: Evidence for the Generality of EHR Age Standards, Pages 237-269
IX - Conclusion, Pages 270-273
APPENDIX A - The Relationship of Empirical Analysis to More Narrowly Modeled Analysis, Pages 274-281
APPENDIX B - Robust-Resistant Fitting Procedures and a Robust-Resistant Measure of Fit, Pages 282-285
APPENDIX C - Re-presentation of EHR Fits in a Standard Form, Pages 286-298
References, Pages 299-304
Index, Pages 305-317
STUDIES IN POPULATION, Pages 318-319