In epidemiological studies, continuous covariates often are measured with error and categorical covariates often are misclassified. Using the logistic regression ...

We consider the sequential estimation of p, the probability of success in an infinite sequence of Bernoulli trials, when the loss incurred in stopping after n trials and estimating p by some function ...

Identify characteristics of “good” estimators and be able to compare competing estimators. Construct sound estimators using the techniques of maximum likelihood and method of moments estimation.

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The microbiome can be used to estimate the post-mortem interval, which is also known as the time elapsed since death, of human remains in the case of criminal investigations. This is because microbes ...