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Some Statistical Tools in Hydrology

U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 4, Chapter A1

By H.C. Riggs


Table of Contents

Preface

Abstract

Introduction

Distributions

Cumulative distributions

Statistical inference

Correlation and regression

Serial correlation

Regression methods

Regression models

Transformations

Simple linear regression

Multiple linear regression

Regression computation using "c" multipliers

Regressions having various numbers of independent variables

Use of digital computers

Application of the regression method

Graphical regression

Graphical multiple regression

Graphical multiple regression when the independent variables are highly correlated between themselves

Choice of graphical or analytical method for multiple regression

Determining equations of graphical relations

General methods

Definition of equations

Other tools

Analysis of variance

Analysis of covariance

Multivariate analysis

Characteristics of hydrologic data

Effects of data characteristics on analysis

Outliers

Selected references

 



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