Jess Kunke

Comparing the Robustness of Simple Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) Estimators
Jessica P. Kunke, Ian Laga, Xiaoyue Niu, Tyler H. McCormick
The network scale-up method (NSUM) is a cost-effective approach to estimating the size or prevalence of a group of people that is hard to reach through a…

Scalable Spatial Stream Network (S3N) Models
Jessica P. Kunke, Julian D. Olden, Tyler H. McCormick
Understanding how habitats shape species distributions and abundances across spatially complex, dendritic freshwater networks remains a longstanding and…

Respondent-Driven Sampling: An Overview in the Context of Human Trafficking
Jessica P. Kunke, Adam Visokay, Tyler H. McCormick
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is both a sampling strategy and an estimation method. It is commonly used to study individuals that are difficult to access…

Estimating and Correcting Degree Ratio Bias in the Network Scale-up Method
Ian Laga, Jessica P. Kunke, Tyler H. McCormick, Xiaoyue Niu
The Network Scale-up Method (NSUM) uses social networks and answers to "How many X's do you know?" questions to estimate sizes of groups excluded by standard…