The Term Demographic Transition Refers to ____________

question 6

Multiple Choice

The term demographic transition refers to ____________

• A)a requirement for a population to reach a specific size before it becomes stable
• B)the slowing down in the growth of a population as it approaches it biocapacity
• C)the decline in death rates and subsequent decline in birth rates that occur as a country economically develops
• D)the slowing down in the growth of a population as it approaches the carrying capacity
• E)the decline in death rates followed by a decline in birth rates that occurred because sanitation levels in areas improved

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about its mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution associated with a particular statistic derived from a random sample.

Simple Random Samples

Samples drawn in such a way that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, ensuring that the sample represents the population well.

Proportion

A statistic that measures the fraction of the total number of items in a set that are of a particular category or characteristic.