"Can you post the state biologists interpretation of the significance of this data? For example whether the above results were a statistically significantly change as well as the +/- rate of error for the study?"
No i cant Jc. We have been given no explanation by pgc. I think they would rather those things werent "dwelled upon." But wether one deems it a significant change or not, its the wrong direction. We were not told these measures would decrease. We were not told they would stay the same. Thanks to teh program they were supposed to INCREASE. We were told this in no uncertain terms by our Pa Game Commission before our deer program began. I dont think we need a biologist to confirm what we can very easily see on that chart, that did not happen.
BTW, Im not anti-ar. I have my own theories on how these changes came about due to how things were done here collectively, and dont blame ar myself. Others may disagree and are free to draw their own conclusions. I just thought Id provide the data that shows the declines spoken of, which are, indeed fact.
Also worth noting, this isnt supposed to be haphazardly thrown together unused data just thrown out there as an afterthought by pgc. They believe it accurate and give it much weight in our deer program.
Last edited by Cornelius08; 09-22-2009 at 05:27 PM.