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18-Env-B7 Environmental Sampling and Analysis: May 2017

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  1. Question 1 Sampling Design, Data Characteristics and True/False
  2. Question 2 Paired t-Test on Pre/Post-Treatment Pollution Concentrations
  3. Question 3 Two-Way ANOVA — Fill in the Blanks
  4. Question 4 Field Sampling Protocol for Accurate Laboratory Representation
  5. Question 5 Nitrate Concentrations — Dotplot, Boxplot and Skewness
  6. Question 6 Environmental Sampling and Analysis — Terminology
  7. Question 7 Design and Discussion of an Environmental Monitoring Program

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National Exams, May 2017 — 04-Env-B7, Environmental Sampling and Analysis (3 hours, closed book, approved non-programmable calculator only, statistical tables provided). The paper instructs "answer all 4 questions in Part A and any 2 questions in Part B"; as a study resource this solution answers all 7 questions in full, including all three Part B questions.

Reference texts: Walpole, Myers, Myers & Ye, Probability & Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (sampling designs, hypothesis tests, EDA/boxplots, ANOVA); Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, ch. 2 (sampling protocol, QA/QC, monitoring program design).