as.record: Transform observed data to ascertainment records
Description
Transform observed data to ascertainment records.
Usage
as.record(x)
Arguments
x
the matrix of the observed capture histories
Value
Details
x has one row per unit captured in the experiment. Each row is an observed capture history.
It must contain only zeros and ones; the number one indicates a capture.
In this case, the number of columns in the table represents the number of capture occasions in the experiment (noted t).
Here is a fictive example of a data set of this type for t=3: