Wildlife Management: An Application of a Finite Markov Chain

Abstract

and health statistics to run through two or three quarters of the year. The present ad hoc courses might be superimposed on these core courses or held during the quarters when the core courses are not given. 4. Summer training programs for undergraduate and graduate students be established in a number of federal, state and local health agencies as a means of attracting qualified people into careers in public health statistics by providing meaningful experience in an operational setting. These training programs should be stimulated by federal agencies and adequately funded by them. 5. Departments of biostatistics in schools of public health should take the initiative to investigate with state and city health officers problem areas in which their departmental resources can be best utilized. Candidates for degrees in biostatistics should be given course credit (tutorial) to take on the solution of selected problems from these operating agencies. The results of these projects should be built into the basic biostatistics course for 1I.P.H. candidates to illustrate the efficacy of statistical methods in the solution of the problems of operating agencies. Part-time faculty appointments to departments of biostatistics should be arranged for a variety of disciplines within operating agencies, e.g., medical program directors, administrators (non-medical) and statisticians. 6. The representatives of the American Association for Vital Records and Public Health Statistics (AAVRPHS) meet with the representatives of NCHS to see what steps can be taken to obtain direct federal funding for some part of the state and local vital records and health statistics programs. 7. The AAVRPHS face up to the problem of upgrading statistical services and personnel in state and local health agencies, and recommend steps to be taken to aggressively build up programs, services and personnel in these agencies.