Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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407
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
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Abstract #312720
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Title:
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An Investigation of the Independence Assumption in Capture-Recapture Methods in Epidemiology
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Author(s):
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Patricia Humphrey*+
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Companies:
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Georgia Southern University
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Keywords:
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capture-recaptrue ;
Chapman estimator ;
Independence
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Abstract:
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We quantify the effects of departures from independence between two data sources on the chapman estimator in epidemiological applications of disease prevalence. We probive a classification system in the form of perturbations that represent departures from independencs for paids of lists with a suspected positive or negative association.
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