Bias correction in estimating proportions by pooled testing

DOI10.1007/s13253-017-0297-2zbMath1383.62311OpenAlexW2739933814WikidataQ64132737 ScholiaQ64132737MaRDI QIDQ1695277

Brad J. Biggerstaff, Graham Hepworth

Publication date: 7 February 2018

Published in: Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc6325642

zbMATH Keywords

estimation of proportionsgroup testingbias correctionpooled testingvirus prevalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to environmental and related topics (62P12)

Related Items (4)

Estimating proportions by group retesting with unequal group sizes at each stage ⋮ On the construction of unbiased estimators for the group testing problem ⋮ Bias correction of estimated proportions using inverse binomial group testing ⋮ Bias correction in estimating proportions by imperfect pooled testing

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