Chapter 53.1, Problem 2CC

Summary Introduction

To explain: A situation where the assumption of mark-recapture method is not valid and to explain how the population size will be affected.

Concept introduction: Mark-recapture method is a sampling technique used to estimate the population size of the animals. It is based on the assumption that if a proportion of the population was marked in some way, or returned to the original population then after complete mixing, a second sample was taken, and the proportion of marked individuals in the second sample would be the same as it was marked initially in the total population.