Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment

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Main Author: Ofungwu, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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505 0 |a Statistical Applications for Environmental Analysis and Risk Assessment -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction and Overview -- 1.2 The Aim of the Book: Get Involved! -- 1.3 The Approach and Style: Clarity, Clarity, Clarity -- Part I: Basic Statistical Measures and Concepts -- 2. Introduction to Software Packages used in this Book -- 2.1 R -- 2.1.1 Helpful R Tips -- 2.1.2 Disadvantages of R -- 2.2 ProUCL -- 2.2.1 Helpful ProUCL Tips -- 2.2.2 Potential Deficiencies of ProUCL -- 2.3 Visual Sample Plan -- 2.4 DATAPLOT 
505 8 |a 2.4.1 Helpful Tips for Running DATAPLOT in Batch Mode -- 2.5 Kendall-Thiel Robust Line -- 2.6 Minitab® -- 2.7 Microsoft Excel -- 3. Laboratory Detection Limits, Non-Detects and Data Analysis -- 3.1 Introduction and Overview -- 3.2 Types of Laboratory Data Detection Limits -- 3.3 Problems with Nondetects in Statistical Data Samples -- 3.4 Options for Addressing Nondetects in Data Analysis -- 3.4.1 Kaplan-Meier Estimation -- 3.4.2 Robust Regression on Order Statistics -- 3.4.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 4. Data Sample, Data Population and Data Distribution -- 4.1 Introduction and Overview 
505 8 |a 4.2 Data Sample Versus Data Population or Universe -- 4.3 The Concept of a Distribution -- 4.3.1 The Concept of a Probability Distribution Function -- 4.3.2 Cumulative Probability Distribution and Empirical Cumulative Distribution Functions -- 4.4 Types of Distributions -- 4.4.1 Normal Distribution -- 4.4.1.1 Goodness-of-Fit (GOF) Tests for the Normal Distribution -- 4.4.1.2 Central Limit Theorem -- 4.4.2 Lognormal, Gamma, and Other Continuous Distributions -- 4.4.2.1 Gamma Distribution -- 4.4.2.2 Logistic Distribution -- 4.4.2.3 Other Continuous Distributions 
505 8 |a 4.4.3 Distributions Used in Inferential Statistics (Student's t, Chi-Square, F) -- 4.4.3.1 Student's t Distribution -- 4.4.3.2 Chi-Square Distribution -- 4.4.3.3 F Distribution -- 4.4.4 Discrete Distributions -- 4.4.4.1 Binomial Distribution -- 4.4.4.2 Poisson Distribution -- Exercises -- 5. Graphics for Data Analysis and Presentation -- 5.1 Introduction and Overview -- 5.2 Graphics for Single Univariate Data Samples -- 5.2.1 Box and Whiskers Plot -- 5.2.2 Probability Plots (i.e., Quantile-Quantile Plots for Comparing a Data Sample to a Theoretical Distribution) -- 5.2.3 Quantile Plots 
505 8 |a 5.2.4 Histograms and Kernel Density Plots -- 5.3 Graphics for Two or More Univariate Data Samples -- 5.3.1 Quantile-Quantile Plots for Comparing Two Univariate Data Samples -- 5.3.2 Side-by-Side Box Plots -- 5.4 Graphics for Bivariate and Multivariate Data Samples -- 5.4.1 Graphical Data Analysis for Bivariate Data Samples -- 5.4.2 Graphical Data Analysis for Multivariate Data Samples -- 5.5 Graphics for Data Presentation -- 5.6 Data Smoothing -- 5.6.1 Moving Average and Moving Median Smoothing -- 5.6.2 Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing (LOWESS or LOESS) 
500 |a 5.6.2.1 Smoothness Factor and the Degree of the Local Regression 
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