Chao estimator is not guaranteed to be asymptotically conservative with finite sampling efforts. A simple correction solves the issue. We illustrate with simulations and examples that the corrected Chao estimator is asymptotically conservative, and has lower standard error.
A correction to make Chao estimator conservative when the number of sampling occasions is finite
Dotto F.
2021
Abstract
Chao estimator is not guaranteed to be asymptotically conservative with finite sampling efforts. A simple correction solves the issue. We illustrate with simulations and examples that the corrected Chao estimator is asymptotically conservative, and has lower standard error.File in questo prodotto:
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