Fall 2006

                                                                           Course Information: Now Updated
 
 

Instructor                                                                                          Kenneth H. Pollock                                                                                  Dept of Zoology (and Statistics)                                                                                           231 David Clark Labs                                                                                                   515-3514                                                                                         pollock@unity.ncsu.edu
Teaching Asssistant Emily Hohmeister will help with the group projects
Lectures Tu/Th 11.45-1.00pm 283 David Clark Labs
My Office Hours MW 1.30-2.30 pm, Tu 2.00-3.00 pm.
Pre Requisites ST 521-522 or perhaps ST 421-422. These mathematical statistics prerequisites are required and students without them will not find the class suitable. If you are thinking of taking the class please see me if you are unsure if you have equivalent prerequiisites from another university.
Text Thompson, S. K. (2002) Sampling, 2nd Edition, Wiley, New York. Syllabus Text Chs 1-18 , 23,24. Additional Course Notes. Lectures by me in the first part of the semester. Lectures by class groups and guests later in the semester.
Grading Homeworks(10)       20 Exam  1(early)          20    In Class Exam  2 (late)           20    Take Home Class Project            20 Indiv Project             20 <>TOTAL                  100
Homework Set 4 Due Tuesday October 3, 2006 Q 1 and 2 P128 in Text. SOME GENERAL REFERENCES  I will try add some references to this during the semester. Most of these will not be covered but they could be helpful to you for projects and later on. Sampling Theory Cochran, W. G ( 1967) Sampling Techniques, Wiley, New York. Lohr, S. L. (1999) Sampling Design and Analysis, Duxbury Press Adaptive Sampling Thompson, S. K. and Seber, G. A.F.(1996)  Adaptive Sampling, 2nd Edition, Wiley, New York. Angler Surveys and Survey Methodology Pollock, K. H., Jones, C. M. and Brown, T. L. (1994).  Angler Surveys and their application to fisheries management.  American Fisheries Society Special Publication 25, Bethesda, Maryland. Distance Sampling Methods S.T. Buckland, D.R. Anderson, K.P. Burnham, J.L Laake, D.L. Borchers and L. Thomas (2001).Introduction to Distance Sampling:Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations.  Oxford University Press Capture-Recapture Sampling Methods Monographs and Books Otis, Burnham, White and Anderson (1978).Statistical Inference from Capture Data on Closed Animal Populations.Wildlife Monograph 62. Pollock, K. H., Nichols, J. D., Brownie, C., and Hines, J. E.  (1990).  Statistical Inference for Capture-Recapture Experiments, Wildlife Society Monographs (No. 107). Williams, Nichols and Conroy (2002). Analysis and Management of Animal Populations. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-754406-2
Class Projects Class will be divided up into small groups of around 3-4 students and will present this material in one lecture at the end of the semester. Group 1. Email and Web Surveys CHAREST RYAN WILLIAM DICKSON SAMUEL PRICE                         HARTSON HILARY ANN                             HUANG LINGKANG                                    Group 2 Telephone Surveys KHANNA SADHVI                                       LABARR ARIC DAVID                                 LEWIS KARA SUZANNE                 MILLER WELDON JOHN                 Group 3 Sensitive Topics Surveys NELSON ELIZABETH CATHERINE            PHIPPS KETRENA SUZANNE                                 SERGENT KIMBERLY RACHEL  WEN ZHI                                            Group 4.Longitudinal (including Panel) Surveys SHOWS JUSTIN HALL                     STANISLAV STEPHEN JOSEPH JR             SZYMONIFKA JACLYN DANIELLE                                  ZHU YING
Individual Projects Topic Choices : Review of a topic; something related to your research that has to do with sampling populations or surveys; simulation to study properties of an estimator for a particular sampling model; and others that you find interesting. All topics have to be approved by me. I want you to choose something of interest and benefit to you. It does have to be closely related to the general course goals though. (for example a topic on survival analysis would be too far removed from finite popn sampling theory or survey design)  Timetable: These are hard deadlines as you will receive feedback at each stage. Severe penalties for lateness will apply. 1. Title and Preliminary One Page Abstract  Sept 19, 2006 2. Rough Synopsis ( Table of Contents)  Oct 10, 2006 3. Complete Rough Draft Nov 14, 2006 4. Complete Paper  Dec 13, 2006  Structure: Your paper will contain the following elements:  A detailed abstract of its contents  A Table of Contents  Set of Key Words  An Introduction  A Series of Sections which give the details  A Discussion and Suggestions for Future Research  Literature Cited  Tables  Figures  Length and Substance: I require approximately 15 pages of text ( double spaced ) with extra pages of Tables, Figures, Literature Cited etc. This is a substantial task so don’t wait until the last minute to get started. This can be a very valuable experience for you as writing is neglected in our graduate programs. Employers always state that it is a critical skill they desire in prospective employees. You will learn more by handing in a rough draft first and then having a chance to revise and submit a final version. You will be graded both on content and writing style.