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numerous and varied. Environmental statistics are used in many fields including; health and safety organizations, standard bodies, research institutes, water and river authorities, meteorological organizations, fisheries, protection agencies, and in risk, pollution, regulation and control concerns.
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that directly influence and interact with the environment. The scope of environment, social and economic statistics overlap. It is not easy – or necessary – to draw a clear line dividing these areas. Social and economic statistics that describe processes or activities with a direct impact on, or
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Statistical analysis is essential to the field of environmental sciences, allowing researchers to gain an understanding of environmental issues through researching and developing potential solutions to the issues they study. The applications of statistical methods to environmental sciences are
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Methods of statistical analysis in environmental sciences are as numerous as its applications. While there is a basis for the methods used in other fields, many of these methods must be adapted to suit the needs or limitations of data in environmental science.
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Specific applications of statistical analysis within the field of environmental science include earthquake risk analysis, environmental policymaking, ecological sampling planning, environmental forensics.
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Environmental statistics is especially pertinent and widely used in the academic, governmental, regulatory, technological, and consulting industries.
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are some methods of statistical analysis that are widely used within environmental science to study relationships between variables.
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Baseline studies to document the present state of an environment to provide background in case of unknown changes in the future;
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direct interaction with, the environment are used widely in environment statistics. They are within the scope of the FDES.
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Targeted studies to describe the likely impact of changes being planned or of accidental occurrences;
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Within the scope of environmental statistics, there are two main categories of their uses.
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Sources of data for environmental statistics are varied and include surveys related to
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https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/data/oecd-environment-statistics_env-data-en
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is not used to make inferences about data, but simply to describe its characteristics.
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https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?dirEntryId=137230&Lab=NERL
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in its undisturbed state, the interaction of humanity with the environment, and
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is used to make inferences about data, test hypotheses or make predictions.
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https://www.umass.edu/landeco/teaching/ecodata/schedule/statistics.pdf
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Regular monitoring to attempt to detect changes in the environment.
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Types of studies covered in environmental statistics include:
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Application of statistical methods to environmental science
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https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/qindicators.cshtml
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https://unstats.un.org/unsd/environmentgl/default.asp
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Rong, Yue (2011-09-01). "Environmental Statistics".
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and the environment, records from agencies managing
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statistical methods
environmental science
natural environment
urban environments
United Nations
socioeconomic system
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
human populations
environmental resources
Linear regression models
generalized linear models
non-linear models
Coordination of Information on the Environment
Environmental studies
Statistics
"FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENT STATISTICS (FDES 2013)"





doi
10.1080/15275922.2011.599263
ISSN
1527-5922


ISBN
1-58488-029-5

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