Environmental Science Research Methods and Data Analysis

Catalog description

In this course students will build upon basic statistical concepts introduced in Statistics I with applications to the environmental disciplines. Emphasis is placed on developing valid sampling approaches, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and analysis of environmental data. A variety of parametric and non-parametric statistical approaches will be covered. Methods used to collect environmental data from the field will be introduced. Computer software will be used regularly to manipulate and analyze data and present results.