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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495219703321

Autore

Rutherford George

Titolo

Methods in epidemiology : population size estimation / / edited by George Rutherford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-75464-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 72 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ; ; 1333

Disciplina

614.4

Soggetti

Epidemiology

Biomathematics

Epidemiologia

Biomatemàtica

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Review of size estimation methods -- Methods to estimate the average social network size -- Estimating the size of hidden groups -- Data smoothing, extrapolation, and triangulation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the variety of direct and indirect population size estimation (PSE) methods available along with their strengths and weaknesses. Direct estimation methods, such as enumeration and mapping, involve contact with members of hard-to-reach groups. Indirect methods have practical appeal because they require no contact with members of hard-to-reach groups. One indirect method in particular, network scale-up (NSU), has several strengths over other PSE methods: It can be applied at a province/country level, it can estimate size of several hard-to-reach population in a single study, and it is implemented with members of the general population rather than members of hard-to-reach groups. The book discusses methods to collect, analyze, and adjust results and presents methods to triangulate and finalize PSEs.