Overview
Program MARK, developed by Gary White, is a Windows-based program for
analysis of
data from marked individuals (hence its name). MARK represents a major
advance in
both functionality and coverage for analysis of data of these sort over several
previous applications.
However, unless (i) you have a good understanding of analysis of marked
individuals in general, and (ii) a good working knowledge of one or more of the
other applications (particularly SURPH, SURGE or POPAN), MARK is not one of
those
programs you can 'teach yourself in 5 minutes'. The primary documentation for
MARK
is contained in the MARK helpfiles. While the coverage in the helpfiles is
excellent, it is
not the
most efficient way to teach yourself MARK (since helpfiles are not
structured
for
that purpose).
It was with this latter aim that this book was written, so that, in
practice, you
could teach yourself how to use MARK. The 750+ page (and growing) book (now
in the
7th revision) covers much of the material normally covered in the classroom and
during workshops.
About the book...
The book is made available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The book can be downloaded as either (1) one single file, or (2) or as a series of individual chapters which can be accessed simply by selecting from the drop-down list (to the left). The Adobe files were created to be compatible with the 6.xx (or better) version of the Acrobat plug-in (although they might work reasonably well with the 5.xx version of the reader - if not - then you'll need to upgrade). The example data files used in the book are also available for downloading from the drop-down list (a ZIPed archive).
Note: The book has gotten 'rather large'. As such, there is a growing (literally) disincentive not to print a hardcopy of the book. However, sometimes, such a printing is needed (say, for teaching purposes). To provide a partial solution, you can download a rotated, double-columned version of the book here - smaller font size, but still quite legible.