This intermediate-level workshop will provide quantitative biologists and statisticians with the statistical background to understand the main-stream analyses performed by Program MARK, and the familiarity with the program to perform these analyses.\u00a0 A mixture of lectures and laboratory exercises will be provided.\u00a0 Participants will learn the basics of parameter estimation with likelihood theory, model selection with Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC), and the binomial and multinomial distributions. \u00a0The Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) mark-recapture, band (tag or ring) recovery, known fate, and closed captures models will be covered in detail.\u00a0 More advanced models will be described so that participants will understand the benefits of these models, but those models would not be covered extensively.\u00a0 Use of covariates, including individual covariates, will be covered with the CJS and band recovery models.<\/p>\n
The clientele for this workshop are biologists with experience in the analysis of data from marked animals.\u00a0 The content is aimed at providing the participants with a solid background in the philosophy, theory, and analysis of data from marked animals.\u00a0 This is not a workshop for beginners to this subject.<\/p>\n
Format of the workshop will be a combination of lectures and computer lab exercises.\u00a0 The workshop would start on Monday morning, 8:00am, June 1, 2015, and end Friday at noon (with some time during Friday afternoon to address specific user questions).\u00a0 Evening sessions would be provided as needed to cover the workshop material.\u00a0 A get-acquainted social will be held Sunday evening, May 31.\u00a0 We expect you to attend the Sunday evening social to become acquainted with the instructors and others taking the workshop.\u00a0 Thus, arrange your travel to arrive in Fort Collins by 5:00pm Sunday, May 31.<\/p>\n
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own data for analysis to the workshop, but should recognize that a thorough analysis will not be completed at the workshop.\u00a0\u00a0 Given the amount of material to be covered, attendees likely would not be able to begin analysis of their own data until Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Attendees also must bring their own notebook computers.<\/b>\u00a0 We will not be using a computer lab, so you must have your own notebook.\u00a0 Be sure that you have the administrative privileges to install MARK on the notebook you bring (i.e., that you can install new software on the hard drive).\u00a0 If you have difficulty in bringing your own machine, contact Gary<\/a> to work out something.<\/p>\n Cost for the 1-week workshop is $1,200, with a reduction to $1,000 for registered university students.\u00a0\u00a0 This fee would include all course materials, zip drive with Program MARK and supporting documentation and examples, and facilities for the workshop, socials, banquet, and morning and afternoon refreshments.<\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instructors:<\/h3>\n
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