Section Four is where the field data becomes a result. The demographer returns from a dive with clean numbers — counts, a visibility radius, a calibration count — and this section turns those into the two things the course actually produces: a standardized index that can be compared over time, and a limitations statement that says honestly what the index can and cannot support. The arithmetic is done by the scoooba.com calculator; this section specifies what that calculator computes and gives the template for the statement that must accompany every result. The underlying reasoning is Module 7; the formal mathematics is Appendix A. Following the course's general practice, the calculator — software that may change — lives on the website, while the durable method and the limitations template live here in the guide.
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Lesson 19 of 24 · 1 min
Section Four: Analysis and the Limitations Statement
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