Measuring Elusive Populations with Bayesian Model Averaging for Multiple Systems Estimation: A Case Study on Lethal Violations in Casanare, 1998-2007

Statistics, Politics and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lum, Kristian ^a   Price, Megan ^b   Guberek, Tamy ^b   Ball, Patrick ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Benetech

Author keywords

Bayesian Model Averaging; human rights; Multiple Systems Estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857954897     PISSN: 21946299     EISSN: 21517509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/2151-7509.1005     Document Type: Article

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