Statistics & DataChallengeSampling and Experiments
Sampling and Experiments · Challenge problem
Biologists catch, tag and release fish in a lake. Later they catch fish, of which are tagged. Tagged fish have learned where the traps are and are twice as likely to be caught as untagged fish. Taking this into account, estimate the number of fish in the lake by setting the expected fraction of tagged fish in the second catch equal to the observed fraction.