General Statistical Design and Analysis for Environmental Decisions [Foundation Course, 4 days]
 

I. Basic Statistics and STATGRAPHICS
A. Context of Statistical Thinking: Preliminary Concepts
B. STATGRAPHICS Fundamentals
C. Basic Sample Statistics: Numeric and Graphical Portrayals
 
II. Framework for Statistical Thinking
A. Context of Statistical Thinking: The Decision Environment
B. The Inference Cycle: Foundations of the Framework
C. Repeated Sampling from the Real World: Concept of Sampling Distributions
D. Uncertainty: Concepts and Measures (estimation & testing)
E. Paradigms of the Framework: Pollution Level Determination; Cleanup Standards
 
III. Environmental Data and Decisions
A. Characteristics of Environmental Data
B. Data Analysis Strategy
C. Environmental Decisions and Statistical Analysis
D. Nondetects in Environmental Chemical Analysis
E. EPA Recommendations