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THE “IGNORANT MAN” TECHNIQUE OF SAMPLING PLANT POPULATIONS
Author(s) -
Ward Daniel B.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218711
Subject(s) - appearance of impropriety , randomness , selection (genetic algorithm) , table (database) , statistics , sampling (signal processing) , population , natural selection , mathematics , econometrics , computer science , artificial intelligence , data mining , sociology , demography , law , filter (signal processing) , political science , computer vision
Summary Comments are made regarding the impropriety of using non‐random data in analytic tests requiring the assumption of randomness. The distinction is made between the biological population and that portion of it for which measurement is desired. A technique is proposed that permits the selection of randomly chosen plants from natural plant populations with less labor than is required by conventional methods. A table is provided of ranked random numbers, for employment by this technique.