Use and abuse of statistical methods in the earth sciences
By: edited by William B. Size.
Contributors: Size, William B.; International Association for Mathematical Geology.; Geological Society of America. Meeting
Series: Studies in mathematical geology ;; 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Earth sciences -- Statistical methods -- Congresses.
Description: "A major goal of earth scientists is to make geological interpretations based on statistical inferences, but accomplishing this is difficult due to the "abuse" of statistical methods. This book, the first in the International Association for Mathematical Geology Series, addresses the underlying assumptions of randomness, normality, and variance of sample data used with statistical methods. The authors uncover the reasons for unreliable or invalid statistical results and discuss the use of statistical measures of association, correlation, and regressions with relatively uncontrolled and variable natural data. Their analyses help to bridge the gap between geostatisticians and earth science researchers, and will be valuable to a wide range of earth scientists"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Developed from a symposium of the same name held in Reno, Nevada, in November of 1984, at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America and sponsored by the International Association for Mathematical Geology"--Pref.