Which of the Following Statements Is True Regarding the Mark-And-Recapture

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true regarding the mark-and-recapture method?

• A)It assumes that the size of the population of interest remains constant between the initial mark and subsequent recapture measurements.
• B)It can be represented by the equation: N = C/R × M.
• C)It can rely on members of a species being identified by physical characteristics (i.e., fin markings on whales).
• D)It is used to estimate the size of a population of interest.
• E)All of these choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a data set, which separates the higher half from the lower half.

Range

In statistics, range is the difference between the largest and smallest values in a dataset.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how spread out the data are.

Deviations

Differences between observed values and some reference value, often the mean of the dataset.