Petersen estimate

Definition

An estimate of population size calculated using $N = \frac{Mn}{m}$ , where is the number marked and released, is the second sample size and is the number marked in the second sample.

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Edexcel GCSE Statistics · 1ST0

Specification 2h.02 · Paper 1, Paper 2

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Edexcel GCSE Statistics · 1ST0

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