Statistical Methods in Environmental Health

ISBN-13: 9780412484506 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 288 str.

Spon; James C. Pearson; Anthony Turton

Opis

A popular learning resource becomes even more essential in its new Second Edition Revised features include new and revised exercises; a broad range of practical and relevant case studies; and expanded theoretical concepts. The book emphasizes the practical application of statistics, and provides examples in various fields of environmental and agriculture sciences.

Recenzje

"A basic introduction to statistical methods that includes a wide range of examples of their application to the collection and interpretation of technical and demographic data in environmental health. Addressed to professionals in the field who have no previous background in statistics."
-SciTechBook News

"... the book is very readable, it is also a practical workbook... it can be recommended as the product of well-recognized and appreciated teachers."
-Journal of Public Health Medicine

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Spis treści

Common sense, statistical reasoning and hypothesis testing. Basic statistics. Tests of hypotheses. The normal distribution, probability and hypothesis testing. Tests involving means. Estimation and confidence limits. Tests involving percentages. Correlation and regression. Non-parametric statistics. Estimation of sample size. Vital statistics. Sources of statistical data. Solutions to exercises. Index.