Administrative Censoring in Ecological Analyses of Autism and a Bayesian Solution

Table 1

Distribution of 2000-2001 autism counts* for Texas school districts.

Students with autism	Number of school districts
0	451
1–4 (censored)	362
5	18
6	16
7	16
8	15
9	7
10	10
11–20	53
21–50	44
>50	37

*For brevity, this table summarizes counts greater than 10 using several categories though exact counts are available for districts with more than 4 students with autism. Only counts of 1 to 4 are censored.