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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 83330" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>Unfortunately, when people other than the researcher takes data, you introduce what's known as &quot;Data Bias&quot;.&nbsp; That means that each person will &quot;introduce&quot; a new level of error into the data set by using their own set of ideas and agenda.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; A landowner wants to hunt big bucks and as such reports that there are very few deer on his property thinking that the results will be fewer tags and fewer hunters and more older deer.&nbsp; Conversely, A landowner wants all deer gone as they eat his hay so he reports lots of deer on his property thinking that the results will be more tags and more hunters with more deer gone.&nbsp; Everyone has their own agenda which is why the hunter surveys are not a good method of estimating deer populations.&nbsp; A non-biased sample set is VITAL to getting the most accurate data possible.&nbsp; I've put forth ideas about training folks to take pics of a certain field at the same time of day for two weeks and sending the pics to the NDGF to make counts, but then why can't the NDGF go out and take their own pics to be analysed for deer numbers themselves.&nbsp; It's really NOT that difficult to put together a workable ground survey program using any number of options, but apparently it is in ND.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 83330, member: 314"] Unfortunately, when people other than the researcher takes data, you introduce what's known as "Data Bias". That means that each person will "introduce" a new level of error into the data set by using their own set of ideas and agenda. Example: A landowner wants to hunt big bucks and as such reports that there are very few deer on his property thinking that the results will be fewer tags and fewer hunters and more older deer. Conversely, A landowner wants all deer gone as they eat his hay so he reports lots of deer on his property thinking that the results will be more tags and more hunters with more deer gone. Everyone has their own agenda which is why the hunter surveys are not a good method of estimating deer populations. A non-biased sample set is VITAL to getting the most accurate data possible. I've put forth ideas about training folks to take pics of a certain field at the same time of day for two weeks and sending the pics to the NDGF to make counts, but then why can't the NDGF go out and take their own pics to be analysed for deer numbers themselves. It's really NOT that difficult to put together a workable ground survey program using any number of options, but apparently it is in ND. [/QUOTE]

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