Statistical Methods for Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

This second edition contains new and revised exercises, a range of case studies, and expanded theoretical concepts. The book emphasizes the practical application of statistics, providing examples in environmental and agricultural sciences.
This logically organized book covers the following topics: Part 1 introduces statistical concepts as they apply to different fields of environmental and agriculture sciences and provides descriptive measures of central tendency and variability; Part 2 covers probability and sampling concepts used in inferential statistics; Part 3 presents parametric methods in hypothesis testing, which include research designs; Part 4 discusses a number of nonparametric techniques; Part 5 explains tests of association and prediction; and lastly, analysis of change over time is detailed in Part 6. The appendices contain statistical tables for reference purposes. The Second Edition of this popular book has been revised and contains a broad range of practical and relevant case studies and theoretical concepts.