Sampling and Statistical Methods for Interdisciplinary Research (2^nd Ed.) Applications in the Environmental, Biological and Engineering Sciences Statistics in Practice Series

Sampling and Statistical Methods for Interdisciplinary Researchbuilds on Richard Gilbert’s original & well received text with new chapters, software, and applications for today’s audience. It discusses a broad range of statistical design and analysis methods, explaining key statistical techniques in easy to understand terms along with practical examples, exercises and case studies. This book maintains an "easy to read" approach that made the first edition popular; staying away from complex theory and concentrating on methodology and outcome. All numerical examples using R throughout the book have been updated and in addition, presents an introduction to VSP, a free software, developed for designing sampling plans for a variety of environmental applications, and a recently published comprehensive R package for analysis of survey data.