What shall we teach in environmental statistics?

Walter W. Piegorsch; Don Edwards

doi:10.1023/A:1015139003568

What shall we teach in environmental statistics?

Walter W. Piegorsch, Don Edwards

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Abstract

The need for statistical methodology in environmental and ecological applications has grown dramatically over the past few decades, to where targeted and/or specialized courses in environmental statistics are necessary at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We discuss here the construction of such courses, and pose questions on the course development process for the statistical and environmental community. Our exposition is based upon our own experience with the design of a graduate environmental statistics course.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	125-150
Number of pages	26
Journal	Environmental and Ecological Statistics
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015139003568
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Environmetrics
Statistical education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Statistics and Probability
Environmental Science(all)
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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title = "What shall we teach in environmental statistics?",

abstract = "The need for statistical methodology in environmental and ecological applications has grown dramatically over the past few decades, to where targeted and/or specialized courses in environmental statistics are necessary at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We discuss here the construction of such courses, and pose questions on the course development process for the statistical and environmental community. Our exposition is based upon our own experience with the design of a graduate environmental statistics course.",

keywords = "Environmetrics, Statistical education",

author = "Piegorsch, {Walter W.} and Don Edwards",

note = "Funding Information: Thanks are due to Drs Philip Dixon, Stephen L. Rathbun, Lance A. Waller, and A. John Bailer for their helpful com m ents as we constructed our environm ental statistics course at USC and as we prepared this material, and to a number of other colleagues in statistics and biostatistics units throughout North America who helped with information on their own environmental statistics courses. Thanks are due also to the Editor for his kind interest in this article, and to five anonym ous referees for their m any useful suggestions. Dr Piegorsch's work was supported in part by grant CA-76031 from the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The contents herein are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the National Cancer Institute.",

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doi = "10.1023/A:1015139003568",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "9",

pages = "125--150",

journal = "Environmental and Ecological Statistics",

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