Environmental Statistics for CARICOM
- Analysis of Census and other large data, Data analysis using software
- 2 (Registered)
Course Description
In this course, you will be introduced to statistical policy and methods of sampling and statistical inference useful in environmental science in the Caribbean Region. The course consists of recorded lectures and supporting materials and will focus on the following four modules:
Module 1: Environmental Issues
Module 2: Traditional Statistical Methods
Module 3: Environmental Monitoring
Module 4: Impact Assessment
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should:
- Appreciate the importance of statistics in environmental management.
- Outline policy and process for developing regional environmental statistical data
- Know various sampling designs, statistical models and statistical techniques used to make inferences and draw conclusions from sample data.
- Acknowledge environmental changes and its impact.
- Demonstrate correct usage of statistical tools having special application in environmental and resource management.
- Appreciate the use of Statistical Software to perform processing of data
Course Content
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UNIT 1 – ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Examples of environmental issues and the importance of Statistics to Environmental Issues. includes: Sustainable Development Goals; UN & CARICOM UN Framework for Development of Statistics
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UNIT 2 – TRADITIONAL STATISTICAL METHODS
Spatial Environmental Data – Means, Totals, Proportions
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UNIT 3 – ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Introduction Choice of Monitoring Sites, Detecting Changes by ANOVA, Detecting Changes by Control Charts and Detecting changes by Chi-square Test
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UNIT 4 – IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Before-After-Control-Impact
Pre-requisites
- PREREQUISITES: Introductory Statistics for CARICOM
Course Provider
- This course was developed by University of Technology (UTECH) and is a component in the Program: Professional Certificate in Applied Statistics
Target audiences
- Anyone with an interest in Environmental Statistics
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