Bøger af Alandra Kahl

This textbook is a primer for students on statistics. It covers basic statistical operations, an introduction to probability, distributions and regression. The book is divided into a series of 10 chapters covering a basic introduction to common topics for beginners. The goal of the book is to provide sufficient understanding of how to organize and summarize datasets through descriptive and inferential statistics for good decision-making. A chapter on ethics also informs readers about best practices for using statistics in research and analysis. Topics covered: 1. Introduction to Statistics2. Summarizing and Graphing3. Basic Concepts of Probability4. Discrete Random Variables5. Continuous Random Variables6. Sampling Distributions7. Estimation8. Hypothesis Testing9. Correlation and Regression10. Ethics

One of the common tasks assigned to any environmental engineer is the application of statistical methods to their science. The engineer should be aware of the procedures that concern the natural environment with and without human interaction. Statistics helps engineers, in their study of the present state of an environment, to produce documentation using the present state to address unknown changes in the future. Meanwhile, statistics assists them to regularly monitor the environment in the hope of detecting those changes earlier. In addition, statistics come to use when a targeted study is needed to depict the likely effect of changes, either planned or not. This book provides a clear means to get familiar with statistics, statistical methods, and the application of statistics to the environmental sciences so that engineers have command of a necessary tool for good decision-making.