Course Objectives

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Class Time and Place

Prerequisites

Blackboard

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This page is the general description of the course and suggested expectations for both the student and the expectations of the teacher.

Course Topics

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General Sampling

Defining Questions and Problem Solving - PDF

Using Information Resources - PDF

Data Types - PDF

• Ratio Scale Data
• Interval Scale Data
• Ordinal Scale Data
• Nominal Scale Data

Sample Size Determination - PDF

Methods of organizing samples

• Random, - PDF
• systematic - PDF
• stratified - PDF

Sampling Probability. - PDF

• Proportional to Frequency - (PPF) for example fixed area plots. - PDF
• Proportional to Size - (PPS) for example point sampling. - PDF
• Proportional to Probability - (PPP) - PDF

Sequential Sampling - PDF

General Analysis

Measures of Central Tendency - PDF

• Arithmetic,
• geometric,
• quadratic mean,
• median,
• mode,
• midrange.

Measures of Dispersion - PDF

• Variance,
• standard deviation,
• coefficient of variation,
• range,
• mean deviation.

Accuracy and Precision in sampling - PDF

Types of error - PDF

Confidence intervals for population means - PDF

Testing for differences between two samples - PDF

• Variance test,
• means test.

Analysis of Variance - PDF

Simple Linear Regression - PDF

Measures of Diversity

• Richness, Evenness, - PDF
• Simpson's Index, - PDF
• Shannon-Wiener Function. - PDF

Animal Sampling

Mark and Recapture Methods

• Peterson, - PDF
• Schnabel - PDF
• Jolly-Seber - PDF
• Test of Equal Catchability.

Line Transect Methods

• Hayne Estimator - PDF

Plant Sampling

Herbaceous Sampling - PDF

Fixed area plots - - PDF Layout and the concept of expansion factors

Point sampling - PDF - Angle gauges, method to calculate expansion factors.

BAF conversion values - PDF

Comparison - PDF of the contribution of a single tree in variable point sampling and fixed area plots.

Basal Area - PDF -- Concept and estimation from diameter - PDF and point sampling counts

Stand Stocking -

• Gingrich Diagrams, - PDF
• Reineke Diagrams - PDF
• Maximum Stand Density Index - PDF

Tree Volume estimation - PDF

Site Index estimation - PDF

Course Woody Debris estimation - PDF

Writing Topics

Memo writing - PDF

Report writing - PDF

Tables and Figures - PDF

Tables

t table - PDF by R. J. M. Dawson, Dept of Math & Computing Science, St Mary's University, Halifax, NS Canada, B3H 3C3, rdawson@husky1.stmarys.ca

Ftable by Catherine Hurley, Dept of Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland. Catherine.Hurley@may.ie