Statistical Procedures for Analysis of Environmental Monitoring Data and Risk Assessment

McBean, Edward A., Rovers, Frank

ISBN 10: 0136750184 / ISBN 13: 9780136750185

Published by Pearson Education, Limited, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Statistical Procedures for Analysis of ...

Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Har/Dsk.

About this title

Synopsis:

• Appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level Engineering and Environmental Science courses in Probability and Statistics.
• Carefully explains various statistical analysis procedures and techniques in clear, straightforward language. The book provides a foundation for statistically analyzing and interpreting environmental data for air quality, surface water quality, groundwater quality, and soil contamination.

From the Back Cover:

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For students and professionals in environmental, civil, and mechanical engineering, few tasks are as challenging as statistical analysis and interpretation.

In this book, two leaders in the field address these challenges head-on. They introduce each leading statistical analysis technique, downplaying mathematical notation in favor of sample environmental applications and explanations that make sense to non-statisticians. They also address common problems in data interpretation: small data sets; the need to correlate constituents to infill missing data or identify outliers; creating early warning systems with fewer "false positives", handling noise, and assessing risk.

Coverage includes:

• Characterizing environmental quality data with Normal, Lognormal, and other distributions.
• Characterizing coincident behavior using regression, correlation and multiple regression.
• Multiple comparisons using ANOVA and associated parametric analysis techniques.
• Testing differences between monitoring records when censored data records exist.
• Focuses on "real-world" situations where data sets may be imperfect.

Reflecting decades of experience in the field, the authors also show how to use statistical analysis as the input to realistic risk assessment. In particular, they demonstrate simulation procedures for risk characterization, using sampling methodologies from probability distributions of data. Whether you are concerned with issues of air quality, surface water, groundwater, or soil contamination, the techniques covered in this book will be invaluable.