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The estimation of the parameters of an exponentially declining population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. C. Spicer
C. C. Spicer
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, N.W. 9
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Methods are proposed for measuring the constants of an exponentially declining population under conditions in which the least-squares method is unsuitable. A table is given to facilitate the calculations.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , June 1956 , pp. 304 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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