人口统计学之父:约翰·格朗特

基金项目: 国家高层次人才特殊支持计划

The father of demography: John Graunt

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Laboratory of Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases, Hefei 230032, China

Funds: The Chinese National High Level Personnel Special Support Plan

摘要: 约翰·格朗特(John Graunt, 1620-1674)是英国著名统计学家、政治算数学派代表人物之一。他首次提出“数据归约”概念以及鉴别数据异常值等统计思想, 并强调数据“可靠性”的重要性; 他运用差分法对伦敦市人口现象进行统计分析, 开创性地编制了世界上第一张生命表, 开启了人口统计学的大门。
- 约翰·格朗特 /
- 寿命表 /
- 差分法 /
- 历史人物 /
- 公共卫生
Abstract: John Graunt(1620-1674) is a famous British statistician and one of the representatives of the school of political arithmetic. He firstly put forward the concept of "data reduction", and identified outliers in data and other statistical ideas. In addition, he also stressed the importance of data "reliability". He carried out the statistical analysis of the population phenomenon in London using the difference methods, and compiled the world's first live table, which opened the door of demography.
- John Graunt /
- Live table /
- Difference methods /
- Historical personage /
- Public health

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