Discusses confidence intervals.
Population size, or the abundance of organisms in a study site, is the most fundamental of the primary demographic statistics. We present a laboratory study that introduces college undergraduates to mark-recapture methods that estimate population size. Students apply a simple mark-recapture method to estimate population size in cultures of a seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. After completing this study, students not only will have rudimentary knowledge of statistical methods (e.g., standard deviation and 95% confidence limits), but will also know how to obtain reliable estimates of population size.
This is a collection of labs from Collaborative Statistics by Illowski and Dean which have been edited to include Minitab activities. In addition the labs are to be done as individual activities.
This course develops logical, empirically based arguments using statistical techniques and analytic methods. It covers elementary statistics, probability, and other types of quantitative reasoning useful for description, estimation, comparison, and explanation. Emphasis is placed on the use and limitations of analytical techniques in planning practice. This course is required for and restricted to first-year M.C.P. students.
