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Nonparametric estimation of the number of classes in a population

Anne Chao, 1984. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics.

Gives a simple estimator, now known as Chao1, of the total number of classes in a population, including unseen ones, based on how many classes were seen once and twice.

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What it's used for here

The inductive-methods survey cites it for estimating the unseen vocabulary of each section and hand.

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Chao, A. (1984). Nonparametric estimation of the number of classes in a population. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4615964
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