Underdispersed Model Fit (C(hat<1) ?

[kanchan1234]

Hi all

I am analyzing the prey occupancy for principal prey of tigers in my study areas. I am getting c(hat) less than 1 when assessing goodness of fit test. This explain the dispersion in my data sets. So do my occupancy estimates still valid when c(hat) is less than 1 ?.

Kanchan

[Alan Dextrase]

Chapter 5 (section 1) of the book "Program MARK - a gentle introduction" offers some advice on how to proceed when c-hat is < 1.

Alan