McBride, Graham B.,  1948- <br/><br/>
Using statistical methods for water quality management :  issues, problems, and solutions / 
Graham B. McBride. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  Wiley-Interscience,  c2005. 
 - xxiv, 313 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Wiley series in statistics in practice .
 - Statistics in practice .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>List of figures. - List of tables. - Preface.  Part 1: Issues. -  1. Introduction.  -  2. Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics. -  3. Intervals. -  4. Hypothesis Testing. -  5. Detection. -   6. Mathematics and Calculation Methods. -  Part II: Problems and solutions. - 7. Formulating Water Quality Standards. -  8. Percentile Standards (and the Reverend Bayes). -  9. Microbial water quality and human health. - 10. MPN and microbiology. - 11. Trends, impacts, concordance, detection limits. - 12. Answers to exercises. - References. - Author index. - Topic index. - Appendix A: Statistical tables. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471470163 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water quality--Measurement--Statistical methods.<br/>Water quality management--Statistical methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>628.161  / MAC