Analyzing Environmental Data
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"This book covers an impressive range of topics . . . The book canbe used as a basis for courses of different levels." (Stat Papers,2010) "Some of the unique aspects of Piegorsch and Bailer'streatment are benchmark dose estimation for toxicants, statisticalissues in risk assessment, the assessment of trend and step changesin temporal data, and the discussion of sampling." (Journal ofthe American Statistical Association, June 2008) "I enjoyed reading this book and I recommend it to those readersinterested in the field of environmental statistics." (Journalof Applied Statistics, January 2009) "This highly recommended book will provide the background forthe proper application of statistical methods. These will make aninvaluable contribution to the realistic assessment of the damageto the environment to be expected as a result of global warming.The subject and author indexes are both excellent." (Journal ofChemical Technology and Biotechnology, August 2006) "This highly recommended book will provide the background forthe proper application of statistical methods. These will make aninvaluable contribution to the realistic assessment of the damageto the environment to be expected as a result of global warming.The subject and author indexes are both excellent." (Journal ofChemical Technology and Biotechnology, Aug 2008) "...This is a substantial and thorough book...a handy referencebook for any statistician's bookshelf..." (InternationalStatistical Institute, January 2006)More details
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Walter W. Piegorsch, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Walter W. Piegorsch earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. Statistics at the Biometrics Unit, Cornell University. He was a Statistician with the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences from 1984 to 1993, then moved to the University of South Carolina, Columbia, where he is now Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Statistics. Walter has co-authored or co-edited two books, Statistics for Environmental Biology and Toxicology with A. John Bailer, and Case Studies in Environmental Statistics with Douglas W. Nychka and Lawrence H. Cox. He also serves or has served as a member of the Editorial Board of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis and Mutation Research, the Editorial Review Board of Environmental Health Perspectives, and as an Associate Editor for Environmetrics, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Biometrics, and the Journal of the American Statistical Association. Walter is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, and has received a Distinguished Achievement Medal from the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment. He has served as Vice-Chair of the American Statistical Association Council of Sections Governing Board, as Program Chairman of the Joint Statistical Meetings, and as Secretary of the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society. He has also served and continues to serve on advisory boards and peer review groups for governmental agencies including the U.S. National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. National Science Foundation.
A. John Bailer, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Miami University, USA.
