Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment

Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk
Assessment guides readers through real-world situations and the
best statistical methods used to determine the nature and extent of
the problem, evaluate the potential human health and ecological
risks, and design and implement remedial systems as necessary.
Featuring numerous worked examples using actual data and
"ready-made" software scripts, Statistical
Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment
also includes:

* Descriptions of basic statistical concepts and
principles in an informal style that does not presume prior
familiarity with the subject

* Detailed illustrations of statistical applications in
the environmental and related water resources fields using
real-world data in the contexts that would typically be encountered
by practitioners

* Software scripts using the high-powered statistical
software system, R, and supplemented by USEPA's ProUCL and
USDOE's VSP software packages, which are all freely
available

* Coverage of frequent data sample issues such as
non-detects, outliers, skewness, sustained and cyclical trend that
habitually plague environmental data samples

* Clear demonstrations of the crucial, but often
overlooked, role of statistics in environmental sampling design and
subsequent exposure risk assessment.