Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology

ISBN-13: 9780471172758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 656 str.

John C. Davis

Opis

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of the text that helped define the field continues to present important methods in the quantitative analysis of geologic data, while showing students how statistics and computing can be applied to commonly encountered problems in the earth sciences.

In addition to new and expanded coverage of key topics, the Third Edition features new pedagogy, end-of-chapter review exercises, and an accompanying website that contains all of the data for every example and exercise found in the book.

Spis treści

Preface v

1 Introduction 1

2 Elementary Statistics 11

3 Matrix Algebra 123

4 Analysis of Sequences of Data 159

5 Spatial Analysis 293

6 Analysis of Multivariate Data 461

Appendix 601

Index 621