Section I: Tools and Skills
In this TOOLS AND SKILLS chapter, we sort through the analytical toolbox used by environmental scientists, managers and decision makers to summarize a few of the key approaches. These are among the most common techniques used in the fields of environmental science and natural resource monitoring and management. At a minimum, you should know what these techniques are and understand how they can be used to help analyze, monitor and solve environmental problems.
At this site you will find additional information to help you understand and practice many of the concepts and techniques presented in the text. This includes links to helpful web sites that provide an additional overview of the basic concepts, tutorials on the skills and analyses presented, links for more information, and downloadable data sets for practice.
Chapter 1.2: Critiquing The Statistics You Encounter
Chapter 1.3: Experimental Design and Sampling
Chapter 1.4: Describing and Visualizing Data
Chapter 1.5: Examining Relationships: Correlations
Chapter 1.6: Testing for Differences Between Means: t-tests and ANOVA`s
Chapter 1.7: Making Predictions: Regression Analyses
Chapter 1.8: Chi-square (ᵡ2) Test
Chapter 1.9: Carbon Footprints
Chapter 1.10: Ecological Footprints
Chapter 1.11: Cost Benefit Analyses
Chapter 1.12: Environmental Risk Assessments
Chapter 1.13: Life Cycle Assessments
