Statistical Procedures for Analysis of Environmental Monitoring Data and Risk Assessment (Ptr Environmental Management and Engineering Series , Vol 3)

A text providing a basic presentation of the features of various statistical analysis procedures for students in environmental, civil, and mechanical engineering, as well as environmental scientists in chemistry, biology, and geology. The eleven chapters are divided into four sections: statistical measures and distributions, identifying system changes, hypothesis testing of environmental quality, and risk assessment and data management. End-of-chapter problems stress fundamentals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

DR. EDWARD A. McBEAN is an Associate at Conestoga-Rovers and Associates, and President of CRA Engineering Inc. For more than 20 years, he has served on the faculties of the University of Waterloo and University of California, researching the challenges of interpreting environmental quality data.

FRANK A. ROVERS is President, Conestoga-Rovers and Associates, an environmental engineering company with more than 850 employees located in 29 offices. In more than 25 years in environmental engineering, he has been involved with the entire spectrum of environmental quality issues.