Statistical Guides: Statistical Guidelines for Natural Resources Projects
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Dated: March 1998
Author: Statistical Services Centre
This is the first in the series of guides aimed at supporting staff involved in research projects to identify their biometric or statistical needs. This is an introductory guide, and provides a more general overview of the areas of a research project where an understanding of statistical ideas is important.
Taken from the introduction:
"Without sufficient confidence in statistics, researchers plan designs that are often conservative, primarily to ensure a simple analysis. While this is sometimes appropriate, simple improvements can often result in more informative experiments, or surveys, for the same cost. Measurements may be made that are inappropriate for the objectives of the study, and are subsequently not analysed. Data entry can become a very time-consuming part of the study if it is not planned in advance. The analysis may be rushed, using inappropriate software, because of the pressure to produce results quickly. The study is then concluded, with the realisation that there is much more that can still be learned from the data. However, funding is at an end, and problems in the data management have made it difficult to allow easy access to the data, even for future researchers within the country where the study was made.
In this guide we consider these stages, from planning to presentation, in turn. Its aim is to encourage the researcher to think about the crucial aspects of planning, analysing and interpreting data."
Part of a series of statistical guides by The University of Reading
Statistical Services Centre, which were originally written as part of a
contract with DFID to give guidance to research and support staff
working on DFID Natural Resources projects. They provide guidelines for
staff involved in the development and
presentation of research projects. The guidelines are intended to help
researchers to
identify their biometric or statistical needs.
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