[Okfn-ca] verification of state population projections

[Warren Munroe]

Hello,

Thank you for your work on "GéoThink, un projet de recherche sur les données ouvertes géospatiales"

State representatives have used population projections to justify open and closing facilities, including nearly 200 public schools in BC between 2001 and 2011; however, methods were not made public.  We discovered the Official Statistical Agency, BC Stats had disseminated incorrect methods and numbers.

The Population Projection Project was designed to address community members' questions about how population projections are created, for education purposes. The PPP uses an easy to understand method refering to open data (census counts) to create verifiable and reproducible projections. 

http://www.wminfomatics.com/PopulationProjections/CND.html

The goal is to share the population projection method so that community members can be well informed regarding issues related to population change.


Warren 

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Wm. Warren Munroe, M.A.
Population Research and Analysis
WM Population Analysis, www.wminfomatics.com/PopGeog/home.html
WM Infomatics, www.wminfomatics.com/
information at wminfomatics.com, or wmpopulationanalysis at shaw.ca
250-752-0683

Member of the Population Specialty Group for the American Association of Geographers, the Canadian Association of Geographers, and the Canadian Population Society.

To see what people are saying about Warren Munroe’s Population Analysis visit http://www.wminfomatics.com/PopGeog/Refs.html.

To see what people are saying about the Population Projection Project visit 
http://www.wminfomatics.com/PopulationProjections/feedback.html.
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