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Activity Number:
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436
- SPEED: Tests, Trials, Biomarkers, and Other Topics in Biometrics
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 : 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Biometrics Section
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Abstract #332870
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Title:
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Adjusting a Finite Population Block Kriging Estimator for Imperfect Detection
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Author(s):
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Matthew Higham*
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Companies:
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Keywords:
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geostatistics;
sampling;
spatial
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Abstract:
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A finite population version of block kriging (FPBK) that assumes perfect detection is routinely used to estimate moose abundance in Alaska. We consider two extensions of FPBK to incorporate imperfect moose detection for estimates of population total and their standard errors. The Spatial Population Estimator with Detection: Ratio then Add (SPEDRA) estimator adjusts the observed moose counts for each sample unit by the sample unit's estimated detection probability prior to spatial modeling. The Spatial Population Estimator with Detection: Add then Ratio (SPEDAR) estimator uses spatial modeling first on the observed moose counts; the estimator is then adjusted by the estimated mean detection probability. We find that both estimators perform similarly in simulations with respect to both bias and mean square prediction error and give comparable estimates of the moose population total when applied to data from moose surveys in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge (AK). The issue in whether or not to divide by a detection probability site-wise or to divide by the mean detection probability across all sampled sites appears in many population abundance estimation problems.
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