Role of Sampling Designs in Obtaining Representative Data
Journal Article
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· Environmental Forensics, 6(1):27-33
Representative environmental data are necessary to make defensible environmental decisions. This paper focuses on the important role that sampling designs have in obtaining sufficiently representative data, which is to use the conceptual site model (CSM) and statistical methods to determine the number and location of samples necessary to achieve sampling objectives with required confidence and minimal cost. The importance of systematic planning and the development of an adequate CSM is stressed. Examples provide discussion of sampling designs that may be applicable for some sampling objectives, with reference to the Visual Sample Plan design software as an aid to design.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 15020560
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-42016; TRN: US200521%%27
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Forensics, 6(1):27-33, Vol. 6, Issue 1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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