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Design of Efficient Environmental Surveys Over Time

Smith, W
Associate professor, School of Business Administration, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Pages: 8    Published: Jan 1984

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Abstract

Classical survey design and data analysis methods deal with observations at a single time point and cannot be applied directly to time series problems. This paper describes some recent work in the design of environmental surveys conducted over time. A method is given for finding the optimum number of times to repeat a survey over time. It is also shown how time series models can be used to evaluate the utility of base line surveys.