Random Coordinates:
X =
Y =
True number of plants:
Yellow flowers =
Red flowers =
Instructions
1. Generate random coordinates
2. Click and drag the quadrat, and count the abundance of red and yellow plants
3. Repeat a suitable number of times
4. Calculate a mean
5. Estimate the population of red and yellow flowers
6. Compare this to the actual number
Questions to think about
a. How, and why, do we generate random numbers?
b. Why do we need a large number of repeats?
c. How do we use the random numbers as coordinates?