The variability of estimates of variance, and its effect on power analysis in monitoring design

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-241

  Carey, Janet M ^a   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infauna; MBACI; Monitoring design; Pilot study; Statistical power; Variance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MONITORING; SAMPLING;

POWER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; SAMPLING BIAS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036195555     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014280405278     Document Type: Article

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