Capture-recapture methods have been used in biology and ecology for more than 100 years. However it is only recently that these methods have become popular in the social and medical sciences to estimate the size of elusive populations such as illegal immigrants illicit drug users or people with a drinking problem. Capture-Recapture Methods for the Social and Medical Sciences brings together important developments which allow the application of these methods. It has contributions from more than 40 researchers and is divided into eight parts including topics such as ratio regression models capture-recapture meta-analysis extensions of single and multiple source models latent variable models and Bayesian approaches. The book is suitable for everyone who is interested in applying capture-recapture methods in the social and medical sciences. Furthermore it is also of interest to those working with capture-recapture methods in biology and ecology as there are some important developments covered in the book that also apply to these classical application areas.|Capture-Recapture Methods for the Social and Medical Sciences | Statistics
