Title:	Statistical inference on associated fertility life table parameters using Jackknife technique: computational aspects.
Authors:	MAIA, A. de H. N. LUIZ, A. J. B. Campanhola, C.
Affiliation:	ALINE DE HOLANDA NUNES MAIA, CNPMA; ALFREDO JOSE BARRETO LUIZ, CNPMA; CLAYTON CAMPANHOLA, CNPMA.
Date Issued:	2000
Citation:	Journal of Economic Entomology, Lanham, v.93, nº 2, p.511-518, April 2000.
Description:	ABSTRACT Knowledge of population growth potentialis crucial for studying population dynamics and for establishing management tactics for pest control. Estimation of population growth can be achieved with fertility life tables because they synthesize data on reproduction and mortality of a population. The Þve main parameters associated with a fertility life table are as follows: (1) the net reproductive rate (Ro), (2) the intrinsic rate of increase (rm), 3) the mean generation time (T), (4) the doubling time (Dt), and (5) the Þnite rate of increase (l). Jackknife and bootstrap techniques are used to calculate the variance of the rm estimate, which can be extended to the other parameters of life tables. Those methods are computer-intensive, their application requires the development of efÞcient algorithms, and their implementation is based on a programming language that encompasses quickness and reliability. The objectives of this article are to discuss statistical and computational aspects related to estimation of life table parameters and to present a SAS program that uses jackknife to estimate parameters for fertility life tables. The SAS program presented here allows the calculation of conÞdence intervals for all estimated parameters, as well as provides one-sided and two-sided t-tests to perform pairwise or multiple comparison between groups, with their respective P values
Keywords:	Fertilitylife tables Intrinsic rate ofincrease Jackknife technique Computer program
DOI:	10.1603/0022-0493-93.2.511
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPMA)