| Case Studies in Environmental Statistics Contributor(s): Nychka, Douglas (Editor), Piegorsch, Walter W. (Editor), Cox, Lawrence H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 038798478X ISBN-13: 9780387984780 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 363.700 |
| LCCN: 98016281 |
| Series: Lecture Notes in Statistics |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.67 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a set of case studies exemplifying the broad range of statis- tical science used in environmental studies and application. The case studies can be used for graduate courses in environmental statistics, as a resource for courses in statistics using genuine examples to illustrate statistical methodol- ogy and theory, and for courses in environmental science. Not only are these studies valuable for teaching about an essential cross-disciplinary activity but they can also be used to spur new research along directions exposed in these examples. The studies reported here resulted from a program of research carried on by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) during the years 1992- 1996. NISS was created in 1991 as an initiative of the national statistics or- ganizations, with the mission to renew and focus efforts of statistical science on important cross-disciplinary problems. One of NISS' first projects was a cooperative research effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on problems of great interest to environmental science and regulation, surely one of today's most important cross-disciplinary activities. With the support and encouragement of Gary Foley, Director of the (then) U.S. EPA Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory, a project and a research team were assembled by NISS that pursued a program which produced a set of results and products from which this book was drawn. |
