What Is the Demographer's Concept of Replacement Level

question 24

Multiple Choice

What is the demographer's concept of replacement level?

• A) upgrading crumbling infrastructure in our cities (such as replacing old bridges)
• B) people relocating out of the city's transition zone and being replaced
• C) immigration policies designed to increase populations where they are declining
• D) the point where births and deaths balance out for stable population levels

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Definitions:

Confidence Level

The probability or likelihood, expressed as a percentage, that a specified interval will contain the true population parameter.

Mean Width

An average measure of the width of a set of objects or figures, calculated by summing the widths and dividing by the number of objects.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample data that likely contains the true value of an unknown population parameter.

Sample Size

The number of observations or units included in a sample, which represents a portion of the population being studied.