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Activity Number:
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369
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #301015 |
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Title:
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Using a Mark-Recapture Experiment To Illustrate Methods of Point and Interval Estimation
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Author(s):
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Carlo Cosenza*+ and Joshua Kerr+ and Bruce Trumbo
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Companies:
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California State University, East Bay and California State University, East Bay and California State University, East Bay
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Address:
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19983 Santa Maria Ave, Castro Valley, CA, 94546-4242, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA, 94542,
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Keywords:
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Estimation of population size ; capture-recapture ; maximum likelihood estimation ; bootstrap confidence interval ; Bayesian interval estimation ; R, elementary uses
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Abstract:
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Estimates of population size in a classical mark-recapture experiment are obtained by method of moments and maximum likelihood estimation. Traditional, bootstrap, and Bayesian methods of interval estimation are also illustrated. Methods are appropriate for advanced undergraduates and first-year MS students. R is used to do the intensive computation and to make figures.
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