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Statistics and environmental regulations
Author(s) -
Flora Jairus D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
environmetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-095X
pISSN - 1180-4009
DOI - 10.1002/env.3770020202
Subject(s) - summary statistics , statistics , computer science , official statistics , econometrics , mathematics
Statistics has historically played a role in studying the environment. Statistics has been used in determining the presence and amount of pollution of several types as well as studying the spread and health effects of pollution. More recently the role of statistics in environmental regulation has been explicitly recognized with new regulations requiring statistical approaches to study design, data collection and analysis, and monitoring programs of various types. Two disparate approaches to statistics in regulations have been taken: performance based regulations and method based regulations. Examples of each are discussed, together with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. The interactions among statisticians, regulators, industry, and communities involved in environmental regulations are discussed.