Showing posts with label random. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Sampling Fish Populations

The following piece is an abridged version of the queries flagged by my teacher Dr M. Srinath:
(i) How does one go about with the random selection leading to a sample while studying a particular resource especially when the frame is impossible to construct?
(ii)Are we justified in terming fish samples taken from time to time as random samples?
(iii)Can we consider catches from various gears as independent random samples?

The answers would be serving better if they satisfy both a statistician and a biologist.