ENVR 6303 "Research Methods in Environmental Science"

Instructor: Dr. David B. Parker
West Texas A&M University
Division of Agriculture
Killgore Research Center, Room 162A
Phone: 806-651-5281
FAX: 806-651-2504
E-mail: dparker@mail.wtamu.edu
Syllabus

Handouts Part 1

Handouts Part 2

Handouts Part 3


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Read the guidelines for homework and grading: Guidelines
Date Lecture Topics Homework/Handouts
Jan 13 Environmental Sampling
QA/QC Samples
Homework No. 1
Handout - Sampling Schematics
Jan 20 Experimental Design
Fundamental Statistics I
Presenting Results Graphically I
Homework No. 2
Handout - Boxplots
Handout - Probability Paper
Jan 27 Fundamental Statistics II
Presenting Results Graphically II
Homework No. 3
Feb 3 Hypothesis Formulation and Testing
Analysis of Variance
Homework No. 4
Feb 10 Analysis of Variance, t-tests
Feb 17 t-tests
Multiple Comparison Tests
Goodness of Fit Tests
Parametric vs. Nonparametric Statistics
Homework No. 5
Feb 24 Nonparametric statistics
Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests
Homework No. 6
Mar 3 Handling of non-detect values .
Mar 10 Midterm Exam Review
Midterm Exam
Mar 17 NO CLASS
Spring Break
    Have a good one!! 
Mar 24 Linear Regression, Correlation
Mar 31 Multilinear Regression Midterm Exam Due
Apr. 7 Curvilinear Regression
Nonlinear Regression
Homework No. 7 (not to be turned in)

Apr. 14 Geostatistics - Types of Spatial Data
Spatial Estimation Techniques
The  Semivariogram
Kriging
GEO-EAS/SURFER Software
Homework No. 8 (not to be turned in)
Apr. 21 Review for Final Exam .
 Apr. 28  Dead Day .


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May 5 FINAL EXAM 7:00 PM .
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