Using Statistical Methods for Water Quality Management

Issues, Problems and Solutions

Graham B. McBride - Collection Statistics in Practice

334 pages, parution le 17/06/2005

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Résumé

A practical exploration of alternative approaches to analyzing water-related environmental issues

Written by an experienced environmentalist and recognized expert in the field, this text is designed to help water resource managers and scientists to formulate, implement, and interpret more effective methods of water quality management.
After presenting the basic foundation for using statistical methods in water resource management, including the use of appropriate hypothesis test procedures and some rapid calculation procedures, the author offers a range of practical problems and solutions on environmental topics that often arise, but are not generally covered.

These include:

Formulating water quality standards
Determining compliance with standards
MPNs and microbiology
Water-related, human health risk modeling
Trends, impacts, concordance, and detection limits

In order to promote awareness of alternative approaches to analyzing data, both frequentist and Bayesian, statistical methods are contrasted in terms of their applicability to various environmental issues. Each chapter ends with a number of set problems for which full answers are provided. The book also encourages discussion between technical staff and management before embarking on statistical studies.

L'auteur - Graham B. McBride

Graham B. McBride, MSc, is a Principal Scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Ltd. (NIWA) in Hamilton, New Zealand. He has written many refereed journal articles and textbook chapters on water quality assessment and management.

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Part I: Issues
- Introduction
- Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics
- Intervals
- Hypothesis Testing
- Detection
- Mathematics and Calculation Methods
Part II: Problems and Solutions
- Formulating Water Quality Standards
- Percentile Standards (and the Reverend Bayes)
- Microbial Water Quality and Human Health
- MPNs and Microbiology
- Trends, Impacts, Concordance, Detection Limits
- Answers to Exercises
References
Author Index
Topic Index
Appendix: Statistical Tables

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Graham B. McBride
Collection	Statistics in Practice
Parution	17/06/2005
Nb. de pages	334
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	600g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471470168
ISBN13	978-0-471-47016-8