Bias reduction for multiple-recapture estimators of closed population size.
A bias correction for multiple-recapture sampling is proposed. The correction is similar to Chapman's (1951, University of California Publication in Statistics 1, 131-160) correction of the Lincoln-Petersen estimator of population size. Small-sample properties of the modified population size estimator are examined using Monte Carlo simulation. Substantial reductions in estimator bias and variance are obtained with the modified estimator.
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Washington State University, Pullman 99164-3144.
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D000823:Animal Identification Systems; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009115:Muridae; D011156:Population Density; D011336:Probability