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To estimate the population in a rookery, 4965 fur seal pups were captured and tagged in
Chapter 14, Problem 8(choose chapter or problem)
To estimate the population in a rookery, 4965 fur seal pups were captured and tagged in early August. In late August, 900 fur seal pups were captured. Of these, 218 had been tagged. Based on these figures, estimate the population of fur seal pups in the rookery. [Source: Chapman and Johnson, Estimation of Fur Seal Pup Populations by Randomized Sampling, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 97 (July 1968), 264270.]
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QUESTION:
To estimate the population in a rookery, 4965 fur seal pups were captured and tagged in early August. In late August, 900 fur seal pups were captured. Of these, 218 had been tagged. Based on these figures, estimate the population of fur seal pups in the rookery. [Source: Chapman and Johnson, Estimation of Fur Seal Pup Populations by Randomized Sampling, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 97 (July 1968), 264270.]
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
To estimate the number of fur seals in rookery Since in this problem number of sample relies on three variable we will use two sample method or capture-recapture method.
By definition the method is
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