Vocabulary Lesson 3
Kennedy Nicholls
demographer
one who studies the characteristics of populations and analyzes data such as numbers, births, deaths, diseases, and other vital statistics
Related Words
demography
-noun, the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations
-the composition of a particular human population
demographic
- adjective, relating to the structure of populations
-noun, a particular sector of a population.
Education and Training: Master's or doctoral degree
Salary: Average—$53,160 per year
Choose the sentence in which the form of the word in bold-faced type is used incorrectly.
b)The demographer of people who listen to rap music is generally in the range of high school to college students.
c)At the mall a demographer asked shoppers if they were shopping for themselves or for someone else.
d)The girl was shocked when the demographer asked her about her religion since she felt it was personal information.