Statistics

GLEC researchers are expert at addressing complex environmental problems through applied statistics, biostatistics, and geostatistics.

Examples of applied statistics include:

  • Identifying relevant patterns, such as the decline in maximum abundance of a species associated with increasing concentrations of a pollutant
  • Testing hypotheses, such as contamination effects on species reproduction compared to reference sites
  • Developing predictive models, such as the formula for projecting bioaccumulation of a metal in animal tissues

Rigorous statistical methods are used in toxicity assays, environmental surveys, and modeling exercises. Statistical expertise includes:

  • Design and analysis of laboratory toxicity assays, including probit, logistic, and nonlinear regression, survival analysis, ANOVA, and mixed-effects models
  • Design and analysis of environmental surveys - sampling design and estimation methods
  • Estimates of adequate sample sizes - power analyses
  • GIS based geostatistical analysis and interpolation Monte Carlo simulations to address variability and uncertainty
Great Lakes Environmental Center

739 Hastings Street
Traverse City, MI   49686

Phone: (231) 941-2230
Fax: (231) 941-2240