Unfortunately Larry Cox, from EPA, wasn't able to come, and the papers given on EMAP were on highly technical sampling matters. Ecologists and environmentalists were in the majority - planners, consultants, field workers, researchers. It was one of the most enjoyable and interesting meetings I have ever been to. Len Cook, a government statistician, in reply, reiterated the importance of coherent, consistent statistics and the need for a framework for them, and referred to the Maori's historic and unscientific achievements in crop rotation, pollution control and sustainable use of the environment. Statisticians assume biologists understand mathematics, statistics and logic.
Biologists assume biologists understand mathematics, statistics and logic.
The theory is that Kilroy was here, while the reality is that Heisenberg may be here. I should perhaps point out that Tony is a biologist, though he could contribute greatly to any Statistics group. His classes of non-independence of data merit careful study. Today's problems, with very specific monitoring objectives. Any complacency anyone has about man's release of any organism into the environment would be dented in New Zealand.