Abstract
In aerial census data “visibility bias” is present because of the failure to observe some animals. A model is presented for quadrat sampling of randomly occurring groups whose size follows a single parameter power series distribution when there is a probability q > 0 of missing single animals. Maximum likelihood estimates of group density, average group size, and the visibility bias parameter, q, are presented. Examples with moose census data are worked out.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 345-349 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Statistical Association |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 346 |
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| State | Published - Jun 1974 |