Role of sampling designs in obtaining representative data

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-33

  Gilbert, Richard O ^a   Pulsipher, Brent A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual site model; Data quality objectives; Representative data; Statistical designs; Systematic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744560960     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920590913895     Document Type: Article

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