Chapter 51, Problem 13PIAT

Summary Introduction

To review:

The construction of the design that would estimate the python’s total population size, and also to mention two assumptions that would be included in the experimental design.

Introduction:

In the given graph, the total number of pythons encountered each year has been represented. This does not indicate the actual population of the pythons in the area. A recapture experiment is to be performed to estimate the population.

In 1980s, the Burmese pythons were found for the first time, which was rare in number. The data in the graph shown below are determined on the basis of the python encountered on the road.