Population Projection One of the most fundamental forms of demographic analysis Uses age-structured rates of fertility and mortality to project the population structure forward into time Shows patterns of population growth and age composition in future populations Further analysis can show population growth rates and sensitivity of the growth rate ...

Time Series Analysis I would suggest you read chapters 1 through 3 of Time Series Analysis and Its Applications 4th ed to get a introductory treatment of this topic. I also strongly urge you to check out Rob Hyndman’s book on forecasting, which is free. In time series analysis, we are ...

Classification models I would suggest you read section 5.1 of Introduction to Statistical Learning to get a full treatment of this topic In classification methods, we are typically interested in using some observed characteristics of a case to predict a binary categorical outcome. This can be extended to a multi-category outcome, ...