What usually happens to the accuracy of an estimate of population size as the number of fish caught increases? A. The estimate is usually more accurate. B. The estimate is usually less accurate. C. The accuracy of the estimate will not change. D. The estimate is most accurate when the number of fish caught is 50% of the total population.

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Elisa Mcmillan

Biology

21 March, 08:43

What usually happens to the accuracy of an estimate of population size as the number of fish caught increases? A. The estimate is usually more accurate. B. The estimate is usually less accurate. C. The accuracy of the estimate will not change. D. The estimate is most accurate when the number of fish caught is 50% of the total population.

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Alonso Johnson · Answer 1

A. The estimate is usually more accurate.

Explanation:

When you are dealing with statistics the larger the sample you are taking, the most accurate and closer to the real population you get, in this case if you keep catching fishes to make samples from, you can get a more accurate estimate of the characteristics of the population. The least samples you take, the further from the actual population you get.

Terry Quinn · Answer 2

You would expect the accuracy to increase as you caught more fish since you are getting a bigger more precise population sample.

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