Some comments on Anderson and Pospahala's correction of bias in line transect sampling
Biometrical Journal
By: D.R. Anderson, K.P. Burnham, and B.R. Chain
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Abstract
ANDERSON and POSPAHALA (1970) investigated the estimation of wildlife population size using the belt or line transect sampling method and devised a correction for bias, thus leading to an estimator with interesting characteristics. This work was given a uniform mathematical framework in BURNHAM and ANDERSON (1976). In this paper we show that the ANDERSON-POSPAHALA estimator is optimal in the sense of being the (unique) best linear unbiased estimator within the class of estimators which are linear combinations of cell frequencies, provided certain assumptions are met.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Some comments on Anderson and Pospahala's correction of bias in line transect sampling |
| Series title | Biometrical Journal |
| DOI | 10.1002/bimj.4710220607 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Biometric Society |
| Publisher location | Berlin |
| Description | 12 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Biometrical Journal |
| First page | 513 |
| Last page | 524 |
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