What Is the Major Criticism of Demographic Transition Theory

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is the major criticism of demographic transition theory?

• A) The different stages may not apply in the same way to diverse population groups within society.
• B) It has no real-world predictive value.
• C) It has no explanatory value.
• D) The model fits too many different situations to be useful.

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Definitions:

Snowfall

The amount of snow that falls in a specific area during a specific time period.

Normal Model

A statistical model, also known as the normal distribution or bell curve, describing how real-world data tends to be distributed around a mean value.

Snowfall

Precipitation in the form of flakes of crystalline water ice, falling from clouds.

Z

A statistical value representing the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean in a standard normal distribution.