title: Estimating the parameters of a Polya-Aeppli distribution.
abstract: "The paper provides expressions for the 'maximum likelihood equations' and the asymptotic variances and co-variance of the maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters in a Polya-Aeppli distribution provided that we have a knowledge of the number of groups with zero objects...the number of groups with one object...and the total number of groups.... The results are illustrated using an example involving demographic data [for India]."  The focus is on the number and types of households.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007194:India; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; Family And Household; Households; India; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Southern Asia