Outline

Theory

bulletStatistics Review
bulletBinomial and Multinomial Coefficients
bulletRandom Samples
bulletExpected Value of an Estimator
bulletBinomial Sampling and Binomial Distribution
bulletBinomial Likelihood Function
bulletMaximum Likelihood Estimation
bulletAIC Lecture Notes
bullet AIC Handout
bulletLikelihood Ratio Tests
bulletMultinomial Distribution
bulletConfidence Intervals
bulletMLE's not in Closed Form
bulletIdentifiability
bulletQuasi-likelihood, c-hat, extra-binomial variation
bulletModel Selection
bulletClosed Capture Likelihoods
bulletVariance Components
bulletDelta Method
bulletBootstrap
bulletModel Averaging
bulletGoodness-of-fit
bulletData Dredging
bulletSet of Candidate Models
bulletModels Versus Full Reality

Models

bulletBand Recovery Models
bulletCormack-Jolly-Seber Models
bulletJoint Live and Dead Encounters
bulletKnown Fates
bulletClosed Captures with individual heterogeneity
bulletRobust Design
bulletMulti-strata Design
bulletPradel Models
bulletOccupancy Models

Program MARK Methods

bulletParameter Index Matrix (PIM)
bulletPIMs to Design Matrix
bulletDesign Matrix
bulletDesign Matrix II
bulletPIMs to Design Matrix
bulletOverview of Bayesian Estimation

The following papers are to be published from a Program MARK workshop in Hungary, June, 1999:

bulletFirst Steps with Program MARK: Linear Models -- Evan Cooch
bulletExploring Ecological Relationships in Survival and Estimating Rates of Population Change Using Program MARK -- Alan B. Franklin
bulletThe Robust Design for Capture-Recapture Studies: Analysis using Program MARK -- William L. Kendall
bulletJointly Analyzing Live and Dead Encounters using MARK -- Richard J. Barker and Gary C. White
bulletAdvanced Features of Program MARK -- Gary C. White, Kenneth P. Burnham, and David R. Anderson

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