FW 552
Applied Sampling for Wildlife/Fish Studies
(Fall 2025)
FW 552
Applied Sampling for Wildlife/Fish Studies
(Fall 2025)
Course Stuff
Book: We will be using quite a bit of Thompson. 2012. Sampling. Third Edition..
Readings: Come prepared to discuss the assigned reading on the next class after the readings were assigned.
- What was interesting and useful? What did not make sense? What did you disagree with? What did you learn? Bring points to highlight and bring questions (make a list). Check each week’s link to see if there are listed reading questions.
Assignments: are started in class on the day they are listed under and any relevant lab assignment is due one week later, unless otherwise stated.
Schedule
| Week | Day | Date | In Class Topic | Assignments | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo | 25-Aug | Introduction | Install R and RStudio. Discussion Post | Hankin Ch. 2; Gerber et al. 2012 |
| We | 27-Aug | Paper Discussion / R and RMarkdown | Quiz 1 | Hankin Ch 1.1 and 1.5; Thompson Ch. 10.1 and 1.3 | |
| 2 | Mo | 1-Sep | No Class | ||
| We | 3-Sep | Sampling I | Boyd et al. 2023 and Thompson Ch. 2 | ||
| 3 | Mo | 3-Sep | Big Data Paradox / SRS | ||
| We | 8-Sep | ||||
| 4 | Mo | 10-Sep | |||
| We | 15-Sep | ||||
| 5 | Mo | 17-Sep | |||
| We | 22-Sep | ||||
| 6 | Mo | 24-Sep | |||
| We | 27-Sep | ||||
| 7 | Mo | 29-Sep | |||
| We | 1-Oct | ||||
| 8 | Mo | 6-Oct | |||
| 9 | Mo | 13-Oct | |||
| 10 | Mo | 20-Oct | |||
| 11 | Mo | 27-Oct | |||
| We | 29-Oct | ||||
| 12 | Mo | 3-5Nov | |||
| We | 5-Nov | ||||
| 13 | Mo | 10-Nov | |||
| We | 12-Nov | ||||
| 14 | Mo | 17-Nov | |||
| We | 19-Nov | ||||
| 15 | Mo | 24-Nov | No Class | ||
| We | 26-Nov | No Class | |||
| 16 | Mo | 1-Dec | |||
| We | 3-Dec | ||||
| 17 | Mo | 8-Dec | |||
| We | 10-Dec |