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This new course teaches a reliable approach to proper sampling design and applies common sampling designs and concepts/techniques taught in Data Analysis I & II to questions of population assessment and monitoring.  Techniques are relevant to studies of habitat and terrestrial or aquatic plants and animals.  Presentations and computer analyses will be supplemented by several limited projects that will require the derivation of a sampling design, data collection, and data analysis.  Case studies will serve to illustrate various approaches.

College Credit:  2 semester hours

Who Should Attend:  Any biologist that reviews or conducts population assessment or monitoring studies. 

Pre-requisites:  Data Analysis I (FIS4200) and Data Analysis II (FIS4300)

Length:  5 days/36 hours

Objectives:  By the end of this session, the participant will be able to:

• Use a practical framework to derive efficient sampling designs and projects;
• Select appropriate sampling designs given project attributes and objectives;
• Compare the relative efficiencies of different designs to meet project objectives;
• Use the proper mean and variance estimators given the chosen sample design; and
• Independently design and analyze status and monitoring studies.