Applied Environmental Statistics
[Statistics, down to earth]

May 12-16, 2008
Rutgers Univ. Eco Complex
Trenton, New Jersey

REGISTRATION
Registration is now online at http://www.practicalstats.com/new_classes/classes.html

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This 4.5 day course develops hands-on expertise for all environmental
scientists who interpret data and present their findings to others. A
complete understanding of how statistical methods work unfolds through
applications to field-oriented problems. Statistical methods are
explained in the light of data with nondetects, outliers, and skewed
distributions. Methods for estimation and prediction are illustrated
along with their common pitfalls. Student exercises follow each
lecture to ensure that when you return to the office, so does your new
knowledge.

Course Content:
* Trend analysis -- is it getting better or worse?
* Confidence, prediction, tolerance & equivalence intervals.
* How hypothesis tests work.
* Parametric and nonparametric tests for differences.
* How to build a good regression equation-- and when not to.
* Dealing with outliers.
* When are transformations OK?
* How many samples do I need? and more.

INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Dennis Helsel (PhD, Environmental Science and Engineering,
Virginia Tech) has 29 years experience applying statistics to
practical issues in environmental sciences.
He is the lead author of the course textbook "Statistical Methods in
Water Resources (2002), and of the popular text "Nondetects And Data
Analysis" (2005), as well as of many technical articles. Dr. Helsel
was the 2003 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the
American Statistical Association's section on Statistics and the
Environment.

Dr. Edward Gilroy (PhD in Mathematical Statistics - Catholic Univ.)
has 35 years experience as a consulting statistician, most with the US
Geological Survey, and coordinated its statistical training. He now
advises private firms and governmental agencies.
Dr. Gilroy has authored numerous papers on applied statistics, and is
coauthor of the chapter "Statistical Analysis of Hydrologic Data" in
McGraw-Hill's Handbook of Hydrology (1993).

COST
$1395 early registration .
$1495 starting April 21, 2008.

Students should bring a laptop running Windows XP or Vista. All else
will be provided.