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Graphic Representation of Confidence Intervals for Petersen Population Estimates
Author(s) -
Davis William Spencer
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1964)93[227:grocif]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - confidence interval , population , statistics , representation (politics) , perspective (graphical) , mathematics , cdf based nonparametric confidence interval , computer science , econometrics , demography , geometry , sociology , politics , political science , law
Probable confidence intervals for Petersen population estimates play an important part in decisions concerning the number of animals that must be marked and the size of the catch from which recaptures must be obtained. Requirements for an acceptable confidence interval may be so difficult to satisfy as to make a study impractical, even though the confidence interval itself is based only upon magnitude of numbers and not upon their accuracy. Graphs of the changes in confidence intervals from large to small as the magnitudes of marks applied, marks recovered, and catch change from small to large are presented to give perspective for the planning and development of Petersen population estimates. Confidence intervals were estimated by use of published formulas, tables, and graphs.