Estimating the magnitude of data asymmet
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R. L. Lyman
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Palaeozoological data are asymmetrical because they indicate the presence of a species in the area in which its remains are recovered, but the absence of remains is not necessarily evidence for the absence of a species. It is impossible to measure the magnitude of data asymmetry with re