Biometrika 1971 58(1):228-229; doi:10.1093/biomet/58.1.228
© 1971 by Biometrika Trust
A note on finding the size of a finite population
LARS HOLST
Universityu of Lund
For finding the size of a finite population Goodman (1953) has shown how to use sequential random sampling with replacement, stopping when a given number of already sampled elements have beenobtained. In this note the selection probabilities for the elements are allowed to be different
Key Words: Population size estimation Sequential sampling Tagging Sequential occupancy

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