Statistics for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab and R (eBook)

Dennis R. Helsel (Autor)

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2011 | 2. Auflage
344 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-16278-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Praise for the First Edition

" . . . an excellent addition to an upper-level undergraduate course on environmental statistics, and . . . a 'must-have' desk reference for environmental practitioners dealing with censored datasets."

--Vadose Zone Journal

Statistics for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab¯® and R, Second Edition introduces and explains methods for analyzing and interpreting censored data in the environmental sciences. Adapting survival analysis techniques from other fields, the book translates well-established methods from other disciplines into new solutions for environmental studies.

This new edition applies methods of survival analysis, including methods for interval-censored data to the interpretation of low-level contaminants in environmental sciences and occupational health. Now incorporating the freely available R software as well as Minitab¯® into the discussed analyses, the book features newly developed and updated material including:

* A new chapter on multivariate methods for censored data

* Use of interval-censored methods for treating true nondetects as lower than and separate from values between the detection and quantitation limits ("remarked data")

* A section on summing data with nondetects

* A newly written introduction that discusses invasive data, showing why substitution methods fail

* Expanded coverage of graphical methods for censored data

The author writes in a style that focuses on applications rather than derivations, with chapters organized by key objectives such as computing intervals, comparing groups, and correlation. Examples accompany each procedure, utilizing real-world data that can be analyzed using the Minitab¯® and R software macros available on the book's related website, and extensive references direct readers to authoritative literature from the environmental sciences.

Statistics for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab¯® and R, Second Edition is an excellent book for courses on environmental statistics at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. The book also serves as a valuable reference for??environmental professionals, biologists, and ecologists who focus on the water sciences, air quality, and soil science.

Autor

DENNIS R. HELSEL, PHD, is owner and Principal Scientist of Practical Stats, where he designs and conducts training courses in environmental statistics for scientists. He has over thirty years of experience working with the U.S. Geological Survey and is the author of numerous published articles on nondetect data and statistical methods in the environmental sciences. Dr. Helsel is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (2007) as well as the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Statistical Association (2003).

Inhalt

Introduction to the 1st Edition: An Accident Waiting To Happen xii

Introduction to the 2nd Edition: Invasive Data xvii

1. Things People Do With Censored Data That Are Just Wrong 1

2. Three Approaches to Censored Data 14

3. Reporting Limits 25

4. Reporting, Storing, and Using Censored Data 44

5. Plotting Censored Data 51

6. Computing Summary Statistics and Totals 74

7. Computing Interval Estimates 117

8. What Can Be Done When All Data Are Below the Reporting Limit? 163

9. Comparing Two Groups 176

10. Comparing Three or More Groups 222

11. Correlation 249

12. Regression and Trends 270

13. Multivariate Methods for Censored Data 306

14. The NADA for R Software xxx

Appendix. Datasets xxx

References xxx

Index xxx

Rezensionen

"Helsel's book is an excellent resource for
scientists and statisticians, as well as an effective textbook for
advanced undergraduate and graduate school students."
(Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 1 May
2014)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.12.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Angewandte Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung u. Statistik • Applied Probability & Statistics • Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie • Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen • Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety • Chemie • Chemistry • Civil Engineering & Construction • Statistics • Statistik • Wasserwirtschaft • water resources
• ISBN-10: 1-118-16278-1 / 1118162781
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-16278-1 / 9781118162781