Table of Contents
List of Figures and Supporting Documents
Four steps for designing a field study
1. Size and number of field sites
2. Identify the approach you will use for sampling your sites
unbiased representative sample
E. Examples of sampling designs
3. Figure out exactly what data you will collect and observations you will make
4. Make sure your design clearly addresses your question or hypothesis and printout your data sheets
A final thought about what makes a successful study
Figures and Supporting Documents (back to contents)
Figure 1. Examples of field sites
Figure 4. Transect-intercept method
Figure 5. Point-quarter method
Figure 6. Nearest-feature method
Figure 7. Random coordinates diagram
Figure 8. Random compass coordinates diagrams
Figure 9. Sampling design diagrams