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Statistics for Environmental Engineers

Autor Linfield C. Brown, Paul Mac Berthouex
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 ian 2002
Two critical questions arise when one is confronted with a new problem that involves the collection and analysis of data. How will the use of statistics help solve this problem? Which techniques should be used? Statistics for Environmental Engineers, Second Edition helps environmental science and engineering students answer these questions when the goal is to understand and design systems for environmental protection. The second edition of this bestseller is a solutions-oriented text that encourages students to view statistics as a problem-solving tool.

Written in an easy-to-understand style, Statistics for Environmental Engineers, Second Edition consists of 54 short, "stand-alone" chapters. All chapters address a particular environmental problem or statistical technique and are written in a manner that permits each chapter to be studied independently and in any order. Chapters are organized around specific case studies, beginning with brief discussions of the appropriate methodologies, followed by analysis of the case study examples, and ending with comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches.

New to this edition:

  • Thirteen new chapters dealing with topics such as experimental design, sizing experiments, tolerance and prediction intervals, time-series modeling and forecasting, transfer function models, weighted least squares, laboratory quality assurance, and specialized control charts
  • Exercises for classroom use or self-study in each chapter
  • Improved graphics
  • Revisions to all chapters

    Whether the topic is displaying data, t-tests, mechanistic model building, nonlinear least squares, confidence intervals, regression, or experimental design, the context is always familiar to environmental scientists and engineers. Case studies are drawn from censored data, detection limits, regulatory standards, treatment plant performance, sampling and measurement errors, hazardous waste, and much more. This revision of a classic text serves as an ideal textbook for students and a valuable reference for any environmental professional working with numbers.
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    Specificații

    ISBN-13: 9781566705929
    ISBN-10: 1566705924
    Pagini: 504
    Ilustrații: 193 Illustrations, black and white
    Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 34 mm
    Greutate: 1.04 kg
    Ediția:Revizuită
    Editura: CRC Press
    Colecția CRC Press

    Public țintă

    Undergraduate

    Cuprins

    Chapter topics include: Environmental Problems and Statistics. A Brief Review of Statistics. Plotting Data. Smoothing Data. Seeing the Shape of a Distribution. External Reference Distributions. Accuracy, Bias, and Precision of Measurements. Precision of Calculated Values. Fundamentals of Process Control Charts. Specialized Control Charts. Limit of Detection. Censored Data. Paired t -Test for Assessing the Average of Differences. Independent t-Test for Assessing the Difference of Two Averages. Multiple Paired Comparison of k Averages. Experimental Design. Sizing the Experiment. Analysis of Variance to Compare k Averages. Components of Variance. Multiple Factor Analysis of Variance. Factorial Experimental Designs. Fractional Factorial Experimental Designs.Correlation. Serial Correlation. The Method of Least Squares. Precision of Parameters in Linear Models. Precision of Parameters in Nonlinear Models. Weighted Least Squares. Empirical Model Building by Linear Regression. The Coefficient of Determination, R2. Data Adjustment for Process Rationalization. How Measurement Errors Propagate into Calculated Values. Using Simulations to Study Statistical Problems. Introduction to Time Series Modeling. Forecasting Time Series. Intervention Analysis. Appendix-Statistical Tables.

    Recenzii

    "The book is well written, easy to read, and interesting, which is no small feat considering the subject matter. The authors have taken considerable steps to make this textbook user-friendly to their intended audience, environmental engineers. … The authors, both recognized experts in civil and sanitary engineering, provide data and problems in each chapter that use relevant and realistic examples to teach the concepts of each chapter. … [U]seful and well written … [the book] contains exercises based on the types of real-world problems that environmental engineers face on a daily basis."
    - Environmental Practice, Vol. 6, No. 4, Dec. 2004


    About the first edition:
    "...a valuable addition to any environmental engineer's library."
    -Technometrics

    Notă biografică

    Linfield C. Brown, Paul Mac Berthouex

    Descriere

    The second edition of this bestseller is an ideal textbook for students and a valuable reference for environmental scientists and engineers. Written in an easy-to-understand style, Statistics for Environmental Engineers, Second Edition consists of 54 short, "stand alone" chapters. All chapters address a particular environmental problem or statistical technique and are written so that each one can be studied independently and in any order. Chapters are organized around specific case studies, beginning with brief discussions of the appropriate methodologies, followed by analysis of the case study examples, and ending with comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches.