Statistics for Environmental Engineers

Statistics for Environmental Engineers

“…The authors also note in the Preface to the 2E several chapters that were either revised or expanded (p. v). Gatliffe (1996) listed "no discussion of data quality objectives (DQO's)" and "lack of mention of the specialized area of spatial statistics" (p. 182) as the two principal de ciencies of the 1E. The authors state in the Preface to the 2E that "the statistical methods selected for discussion are those that have been useful in our work, which is environmental engineering, the areas of water and wastewater treatment, industrial pollution control, and environmental modeling" (p. v).…”

“…If you need a good basic time series reference, this book would certainly be a good choice. The rst edition (1E) of this book was extensively reviewed by Gatliffe (1996). Noting that many of its 41 chapters, which covered 335 pages, were often "mini-monographs," he described it as "a useful handbook with which environmental engineering students could well be armed before leaving the sanctuary of academic studies to enter practice" (p. 182).…”