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Undergraduate

The Diffusion of Innovation in Family Planning (UMAP)

Author: Kathryn Newcomer


From this module students develop flexibility in analyzing difference equations in quadratic format. Chaundy and Phillips' theorem is introduced and shown to provide information about the time path of a difference equation in quadratic format. The process through which national governments adopted family-planning policies is also discussed.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

1. A FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION IN FAMILY PLANNING

2. ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS IN QUADRATIC FORM

3. APPLICATIONS OF THE CHAUNDY AND PHILLIPS THEOREM

4. DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION IN FAMILY PLANNING: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

5. REFERENCES

6. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

©1987 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
23 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Discrete & Finite Mathematics

Application Areas:

Life Sciences & Medicine , Social Studies

Prerequisites:

Rerrange terms to transform difference equations into standard quadratic format; use a theorem to analyze difference equations in standard quadratic format

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