Robert Raeside
Life Tables ? A Plea for their Use.
Raeside, Robert; Windle, David
Authors
David Windle
Abstract
This article highlights the important contribution that life tables can make to teaching in the social sciences and in engineering subjects, especially when comparative work is carried out. The article ends by illustrating how to form the life table and generate appropriate graphs using a spreadsheet.
Citation
Raeside, R., & Windle, D. (1991). Life Tables ? A Plea for their Use. Teaching Statistics, 13(3), 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.1991.tb00182.x
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Sep 1, 1991 |
| Publication Date | 1991-09 |
| Deposit Date | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Journal | Teaching Statistics |
| Print ISSN | 0141-982X |
| Electronic ISSN | 1467-9639 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 78-81 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.1991.tb00182.x |
| Keywords | Teaching, Spreadsheet, Probability, Demography, Reliability, |
| Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/324031 |