Stochastic monotonicity properties of Bayes estimation of the population size for capture-recapture data

Under arbitrary prior distributions for the population size k and for capture probabilities, monotonicity properties of the posterior distribution of k are obtained to explain the role of the sample and the role of the prior opinion about the capture probabilities in the Bayesian estimation of k.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Yoshida, O. ; Leite, J. G. ; Bolfarine, H.
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 42.1999, 3, p. 257-266
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Species problem Number of classes Multiple Bernoulli sample

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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