On estimating the size of overcoverage with the latent class model. A critique of the paper “Population Size Estimation Using Multiple Incomplete Lists with Overcoverage” by di Cecco, di Zio, Filipponi and Rocchetti (2018, Journal of Official Statistics 34 557–572).

P.G.M. van der Heijden; P.A. Smith

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2005.05452

On estimating the size of overcoverage with the latent class model. A critique of the paper “Population Size Estimation Using Multiple Incomplete Lists with Overcoverage” by di Cecco, di Zio, Filipponi and Rocchetti (2018, Journal of Official Statistics 34 557–572).

P.G.M. van der Heijden
, P.A. Smith

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We read with interest the article by di Cecco et al. (2018), but have reservations about the
usefulness of the latent class model specifically for estimating overcoverage. In particular, we
question the interpretation of the parameters of the fitted latent class model.

Original language	English
Publisher	arXiv
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2005.05452
Publication status	Published - 2020

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van der Heijden, P. G. M., & Smith, P. A. (2020). On estimating the size of overcoverage with the latent class model. A critique of the paper “Population Size Estimation Using Multiple Incomplete Lists with Overcoverage” by di Cecco, di Zio, Filipponi and Rocchetti (2018, Journal of Official Statistics 34 557–572). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2005.05452

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