TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ott,Wayne
TI  - Environmental statistics and data analysis
SN  - 0873718488
AV  - GE45.S73 O88 1995
PY  - 1995///]
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - Lewis Publishers
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Pollution
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Environmental toxicology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Random Processes; -- 2. Theory of Probability; -- 3. Probability Models; -- 4. Bernoulli Processes; -- 5. Poisson Processes; -- 6. Diffusion and Dispersion of Pollutants; -- 7. Normal Processes; -- 8. Dilution of Pollutants; -- 9. Lognormal Processes
N2  - "This easy-to-understand introduction emphasizes the areas of probability theory and statistics that are important in environmental monitoring, data analysis, research, environmental field surveys, and environmental decision making. It communicates basic statistical theory with very little abstract mathematical notation, but without omitting important details and assumptions.   Topics include Bayes' Theorem, geometric distribution, computer simulation, histograms and frequency plots, maximum likelihood estimation, the tail exponential method, Bernoulli processes, Poisson processes, diffusion and dispersion of pollutants, normal distribution, confidence intervals, and stochastic dilution; gamma, chi-square, and Weibull distributions; and the two- and three-parameter lognormal distributions. The author also presents the Statistical Theory of Rollback, which allows data analysts and regulatory officials to estimate the effect of different emission control strategies on environmental quality frequency distributions.  Assuming only a basic knowledge of algebra and calculus, Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis provides an outstanding reference and collection of statistical procedures for analyzing environmental data and making accurate environmental predictions." -- Publisher's description
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