%0 Journal Article %T The cohort component projection algorithm: technique, model and theory? %A Burch %A Thomas K. %J Canadian Studies in Population %D 2003 %I Canadian Population Society %X If a student were to ask a North American demographer where to find a detailed treatment of population projections, chances are he or she would be sent to a text on demographic бщ ? techniques бщ ? or бщ ? methods, бщ ? or urged to take a course on бщ ? technical бщ ? demography. If the student were to look in a standard introductory textbook on population, or take a course on бщ ? population problems бщ ? or on бщ ? behavioural бщ ? or бщ ? substantive demography бщ ? chances are he or she would be exposed to at best a cursory treatment of population projections, with reference to their use in population forecasting or prediction. %U http://www.canpopsoc.ca/CanPopSoc/assets/File/publications/journal/CSPv30n1p29.pdf