Demographers Usually Measure Mortality in Terms of

question 57

Multiple Choice

Demographers usually measure mortality in terms of

• A) Deaths per 1,000 persons per year
• B) Deaths per person per year
• C) The number of children who die per year
• D) The total number of deaths per generation
• E) Total deaths in a population per year

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Definitions:

Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of the experiment it represents.

Sample Proportion

The quotient of the number of successful outcomes to the total number of observations in a sample, often used as an estimate of the population proportion.

Number of Fish Tanks

The count of containers used to hold fish, typically utilized for keeping aquatic pets or for breeding.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample, which is a subset of a larger population, used to estimate the population mean.