UID:
almafu_9960074127202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 505 pages) :
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illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780128018088
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0128018089
Serie:
Gale eBooks
Inhalt:
This book provides data-rich case studies focused on complex global environmental issues in four major content areas: water resources; the atmosphere and air quality; ecosystem alteration; and global resources and human needs.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Science and the Global Environment; Science and the Global Environment: Case Studies for Integrating Science and the Global Environment; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgment; 1 - Tools and Skills ; Introduction; Critiquing Statistics You Encounter; HOW TO SURVIVE IN SPIN CITY; In a Nutshell; The Take-Home Message; Practice; Experimental Design and Sampling; GETTING WHAT YOU WANT FROM YOUR DATA; In a Nutshell; Important Things to Remember About Experimental Design; Practice; Describing and Visualizing Data; EXAMINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF YOUR DATA
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TWO GROUPS TO COMPARE?t-Tests in a Nutshell; When to Run a t-Test; What the t-Test Tells You; IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT T-TESTS; THREE OR MORE GROUPS TO COMPARE?; Analysis of Variance F-test; ANOVA in a Nutshell; When to Run an ANOVA; What the ANOVA Tells You; IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ANALYSES OF VARIANCE; Practice; Making Predictions: Regression Analyses; REGRESSION IN A NUTSHELL; WHEN TO CREATE A LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL; STEPS FOR A LINEAR REGRESSION; IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT LINEAR REGRESSION; Practice; Chi-Square (χ2) Test
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MAKING IT COUNT: WORKING WITH FREQUENCIESIn a Nutshell; When to Use a Chi-Square Test; WHAT A CHI-SQUARE TEST TELLS YOU; Steps to Conduct a Chi-Square Analysis; Important Things to Remember about Chi-Square; Practice; Carbon Footprints; IN A NUTSHELL; WHAT IS A CARBON FOOTPRINT AND HOW IS IT USED?; Some Examples of Carbon Footprints; An Important Thing to Remember About Carbon Footprints; Practice; REFERENCES; Ecological Footprints; IN A NUTSHELL; HOW IS IT USED?; HOW IS AN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT CALCULATED?; IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS; Practice
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Cost-Benefit AnalysesIN A NUTSHELL; HOW IT WORKS; Challenges; An Example From the Literature; Important Things to Remember About Cost-Benefit Analyses; Practice; REFERENCES; Environmental Risk Assessments; IN A NUTSHELL; WHAT IS RISK AND HOW CAN IT BE MEASURED?; HOW IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT PERFORMED?; An Example; Practice; REFERENCE; Life Cycle Assessments; IN A NUTSHELL; STEPS IN SETTING UP AND PERFORMING A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS; EXAMPLES OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; Food Transport; IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
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THINKING ECOLOGICALLY
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780128017128
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0128017120
Sprache:
Englisch
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