This text focuses on the needs of the researcher and provides a concise introduction to this core area of Environmental Studies. Using Statistics to Understand the Environment covers all the basic tests required for environmental practicals and projects and points the way to the more advanced techniques. The book explains:
* how to design a research project
* methods to describe data
* how to examine differences between samples
* how to identify relationships and associations between variables.
It features worked examples covering a wide range of environmental topics, clear illustrations, chapter summaries, a glossary of terms and a further reading section.

Using Statistics to Understand the Environment covers all the basic tests required for environmental practicals and projects and points the way to the more advanced techniques that may be needed in more complex research designs. Following an introduction to project design, the book covers methods to describe data, to examine differences between samples, and to identify relationships and associations between variables.
Featuring: worked examples covering a wide range of environmental topics, drawings and icons, chapter summaries, a glossary of statistical terms and a further reading section, this book focuses on the needs of the researcher rather than on the mathematics behind the tests.