Continuing Professional Development Short Courses - Data handling, assessment & presentation for freshwater quality monitoring

Program Overview

Assessment is through five online tests worth 20 marks each, totaling 100 marks.

Program Outline

Statistical techniques are demonstrated using freely available software. Statistical analyses and the associated presentation of the results are illustrated with worked examples. Key elements of a water quality assessment are presented. On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

• Use freely available data storage and analysis software
• Select examples of scenarios where GIS software is appropriate to store and analyse geographically referenced water quality data
• Select and demonstrate appropriate methods for presenting water quality data from a range of water bodies