Activity Number:
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188
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 13, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Council of Chapters
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Abstract - #301068 |
Title:
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Bayesian Estimation of Undercount in Epidemiology and Census
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Author(s):
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Sanjib Basu*+
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Affiliation(s):
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Northern Illinois University
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Address:
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, Dekalb, Illinois, 60115-2888,
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Keywords:
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Recapture ; Bayes ; Markov chain sampling
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Abstract:
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Capture-recpature are among the oldest and most popular statistical methods for estimating how large a population is. While these methods were primarily developed for estimating the size of wild animal populations, they are currently used in diverse applications. In epidemiological applications, they are used to estimate the size of a specific patient population based on incomplete lists from several registries. These methods are also used in socio-demographic studies to estimate the undercount and in software reliability to account for the unseen errors. I will discuss parametric and semiparametric Bayesian inference for estimation of the population size.
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