CE 597.201, "Special Topics: Environmental Statistics," is a three-credit course offered at Penn State-Great Valley on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 pm on 9 January through 10 April 2001.
This course is intended for environmental scientists, engineers, and
regulators who need to process, analyze, understand, or present data. It
focuses on straightforward, defensible techniques requiring a minimum background
in probability and statistical theory. The course is organized around
practical applications, rather than around statistical techniques. It
emphasizes understanding and the strategic use of data, rather than
"cookbook" application of formulas. Topics covered include:
Particular attention will be paid to U.S. EPA guidance on RCRA groundwater
monitoring, water quality permitting, meeting data quality objectives (DQOs),
designing soil sampling plans, and human health risk assessment.
Participants must be comfortable with mathematical reasoning and concepts
through elementary calculus and linear algebra. Proficiency with a
spreadsheet program is necessary.
The core text is Millard, Steven P. and Nagaraj K. Neerchal, Environmental Statistics with S-Plus. 2001, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 0-0893-7168-6. Copies are available in the Great Valley bookstore. Additional materials will be drawn as needed from the Internet, other books, monographs, articles, and government regulations and guidance.
| Supplemental reading materials (available at the Great Valley library reserve desk) |
| These web pages |
| Class listserver (ENVSTAT@listbot.com) |
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| Penn State "electronic reserves" |
| Miscellaneous web references: see the "Links" page |
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