On Bayesian estimation of group size

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 335-340

  Solow, Andrew R ^a   Palka, Debra ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Sighting probability; Vague prior

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EQUAL PROBABILITY; GROUP SIZE; SIGHTING PROBABILITY; VAGUE PRIOR;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; GROUP SIZE;

EID: 0029663461     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533171     Document Type: Article

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