Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thanks so much to the Royal Statistics Society, and Jen Rogers in particular, for letting me come along and hang-out at the conference.

RSS: rss.org.uk
JEN: jenniferrogers.co.uk

Basic-level intro to capture-recapture sampling:
bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_ocr_gateway/green_world/ecologyrev2.shtml

And some advanced-level details about multi-capture:
https://projects.ncsu.edu/cals/course/fw353/Estimate.htm

If you want to see my excel spreadsheet: here it is exactly as I saved it while filming.
dropbox.com/s/ec419gmnmm3uazz/recapture_frequencies.xlsx?dl=0

CORRECTIONS
- Other than my estimations: no mistakes yet. Let me know if you spot anything!


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