Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment

Written by renowned experts in the field, Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment covers the sampling techniques used by practitioners and researchers in natural resource and environmental disciplines. Designed to be less theoretical in nature than many texts, it provides essential mathematical derivations in

List of contents

Introduction. Sampling Distribution of an Estimator. Sampling Designs for Discrete Populations. Sampling Designs for Continuous Populations. Stratified Sampling Designs. Using Auxiliary Information to Improve Estimation. Sampling with Fixed Area Plots. Bitterlich Sampling. Line Intersect Sampling. A Monte Carlo Integration Approach to Areal Sampling. Miscellaneous Methods. Two-Stage Sampling. Randomized Branch Sampling. Sampling with Partial Replacement. Bibliography. Index.

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Timothy G. Gregoire, Harry T. Valentine

Summary

Written by renowned experts in the field, Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment covers the sampling techniques used by practitioners and researchers in natural resource and environmental disciplines. Designed to be less theoretical in nature than many texts, it provides essential mathematical derivations in

Product details

• Authors: Timothy G. Gregoire, Timothy G. Valentine Gregoire, Gregoire Timothy G., Harry T. Valentine, Valentine Harry T.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2023
• EAN: 9781032477848
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3247784-8
• No. of pages: 494
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Environmental Statistics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; The environment, Science / Environmental Science