Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment
- ISBN-10
- 1118634519
- ISBN-13
- 9781118634516
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 648
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-06
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Joseph Ofungwu
Description
Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and RiskAssessment guides readers through real-world situations and thebest statistical methods used to determine the nature and extent ofthe problem, evaluate the potential human health and ecologicalrisks, and design and implement remedial systems as necessary.Featuring numerous worked examples using actual data and“ready-made” software scripts, StatisticalApplications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessmentalso includes: • Descriptions of basic statistical concepts andprinciples in an informal style that does not presume priorfamiliarity with the subject • Detailed illustrations of statistical applications inthe environmental and related water resources fields usingreal-world data in the contexts that would typically be encounteredby practitioners • Software scripts using the high-powered statisticalsoftware system, R, and supplemented by USEPA’s ProUCL andUSDOE’s VSP software packages, which are all freelyavailable • Coverage of frequent data sample issues such asnon-detects, outliers, skewness, sustained and cyclical trend thathabitually plague environmental data samples • Clear demonstrations of the crucial, but oftenoverlooked, role of statistics in environmental sampling design andsubsequent exposure risk assessment.
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