Using Statistics to Understand the Environment

ISBN-13: 9780415198882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str.

Penny A. Cook

Opis

It has long been the case that introductory courses to statistics have been the bane of many students early academic lives. Yet the concepts and techniques involved are crucial to the understanding of the systems under examination. This is particularly true for environmental investigations, which cover a broad sweep of disciplines: from social science to pollution studies and from environmental management to ecology. Since these systems are complex, statistical methods are important techniques in the interpretation of project results.

Recenzje

'Learning statistics appeals to few undergraduates, but this carfully planned book will help to make the task as painless as possible.  Wheater and Cook have written a statistics textbook that is accessible both conceptually and mathematically Using Statistics to Understand the Environment will help students to overcome any mathematical qualms they may have, and encourage them to design effective and interesting research projects.' -  Holocene Book Reviews

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Project design; Chapter 2 Describing data; Chapter 3 Using statistics to answer questions; Chapter 4 Differences between two samples; Chapter 5 Relationships between variables; Chapter 6 Analysing frequency data; Chapter 7 Differences between more than two samples;

O autorze

Penny A. Cook, P. Wheater