The use of statistical procedures in demographic research. Emphasis is placed on (1) the types of demographic research hypotheses that could be tested by some of the procedures; (i) the suitability of some of the procedures in studying differentials in response or the oral patterns; (ii) the usefulness of some of the statistical procedures in studying relationships among population parameters and (iv) the suitability of some procedures in estimating values of demographic variables. Types of Research: A survey of literature, a survey of educational sociological and anthropological studies etc. complete census, pilot studies and sample surveys. Preliminaries to Research: Choosing a field research, background reading, formulating a title. The Planning of Surveys: Defining the topic, choosing the method, choosing the subjects (coverage), sampling design and statistical techniques; making a pilot study.
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