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VARIANCE OF GEOSTATISTICIANS
Citation:
Englund, E. VARIANCE OF GEOSTATISTICIANS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-90/091 (NTIS PB90245663).
Description:
Different individuals will take different approaches to the analysis and interpretation of data. his study attempted to quantify the effect of such individual differences on the quality of geostatistical spatial estimates. dentical spatial data sets were sent to 12 investigators, who independently analyzed the data and produced spatial interpolations. he results varied considerably. ifferences in the interpolations could be attributed to differences in choice of methodology, differences in data interpretation, and, in a few cases, errors in procedure. he potential differences in economic and societal costs between decisions based on "good" vs. "bad" interpolations warrant a systematic approach to the identification and testing of interpolation methods.