Statistics for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab and R

This Second Edition solves a current dilemma that occursacross a wide spectrum of environmental science: how to correctlyanalyze and interpret censored data (data below detection limits).It adapts survival analysis methods and demonstrates theirpractical applications when studying trace chemicals in air,water, soils, and biota. This edition features new chapters onplotting data with nondetects, multivariate procedures, andsoftware for data with nondetects, as well as expanded and newsections, including a new section on testing censored data fornormal distributions. Environmental professionals andupper-undergraduate and graduate students will rely on thisresource.