NTU UK: Barnett-2004
|
Title
| Environmental Statistics: Methods and Applications |
|---|---|
|
Author
| Barnett, Vic |
|
Abstract/Summary Statement
| In modern society, we are ever more aware of the environmental issues we face, whether these relate to global warming, depletion of rivers and oceans, despoliation of forests, pollution of land, poor air quality, environmental health issues, etc. At the most fundamental level it is necessary to monitor what is happening in the environment, collecting data to describe the changing scene. More importantly, it is crucial to formally describe the environment with sound and validated models, and to analyze and interpret the data we obtain in order to take action. Environmental Statistics provides a broad overview of the statistical methodology used in the study of the environment, written in an accessible style by a leading authority on the subject. It serves as both a textbook for students of environmental statistics, as well as a comprehensive source of reference for anyone working in statistical investigation of environmental issues. Topics covered include sampling, methods for extreme data, outliers and robustness, relationship models and methods, time series, spatial analysis, and environmental standards. |
|
Table of Contents
| Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Ordering and extremes: applications, models, inference 3. Outliers and robustness 4. Finite population sampling 5. Inaccessible and sensitive data 6. Sampling in the wild 7. Relationship: regression-type models and methods 8. Special relationship models, including quantal response and repeated measures 9. Environmental standards 10. Time series methods 11. Spatial methods for environmental processes |
|
Citation
| Barnett, Vic, 2004, Environmental Statistics: Methods and Applications. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, West Sussex, England, 316 pp. |
|
Method Source
| NTU UK |
|
Source Organization Country
| UK |
|
Publication Year
| 2004 |
|
Special Notes
| From Wiley, this is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 5-6 days delivery time. |
|
Item Type
| Book |
|
Publication Source Type
|
Academic Institution |
|
Purpose
|
Data analysis Monitoring program design |
|
Design or Data Analysis Objectives
|
Bioassays & toxicity tests Compare treatments Compliance with a threshold Derive thresholds Exploring/summarizing data Probability survey Relationships & correlations Spatial trends Temporal trends |
|
Complexity
| Medium |
|
Media Emphasized
|
Biological Soils/Sediment Surface Water |
|
Media Subcategory
| |
|
Special Topics
|
Identifying outliers |
