Estimation for the Schnabel census with plants

R. Gormley and I.B.J. Goudie

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2013, vol. 83, issue 7, 1740-1744

Abstract: Samples of predetermined sizes are drawn from a closed homogeneous population augmented by a known number of planted individuals. Our results suggest that the Pathak-type estimator of its size that we exhibit should be preferred to alternative possible estimators.

Keywords: Capture–recapture; Conditionally unbiased estimator; Factorial series distribution; Petersen estimator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2013.04.001

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