A Contribution to the Theory Behind the M0 Capture-Recapture Model: An Improved Estimator

2012/12/10 by Kyle Vincent, Vincent, Kyle
Mathematics · Psychology · #Census and Population Estimation #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Methodology (stat.ME) #Migration, Health and Trauma #Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques #stat.ME

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1212.1947

These two papers have been merged into paper arXiv:1401.6849

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Abstract

We explore the use of a sufficient statistic based on the identified members that are obtained for samples that are selected under the M₀ capture-recapture closed population model (Schwarz and Seber, 1999). A Rao-Blackwellized version of the estimator based on a sufficient statistic is then presented. We explore the efficiency of the improved estimator via a simulation study. The R code for the simulation is provided in the appendix.

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