Water Quality Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation
The Water Quality Assessment, Analysis and Interpretation online course is a signature course delivered by the Canadian Rivers Institute’s Training and Professional Development programme. This course advances participants’ abilities to design water quality research and monitoring programs and analyze water quality conditions and trends.
Course Overview
This online course was developed to introduce tools for water quality data visualization and statistical analysis (using R), provide exercises to gain experience with real data to analyse for effects, trends, etc., introduce the use of Water Quality Indices (WQI) to consolidate water quality information, and covers the design of water quality monitoring programmes.
Topics Covered Include:
Summary statistics and graphs
Data distributions and transformations
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Regression analysis
Trend analysis and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)
Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Online Course Fees |
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| Registration Fees | |
| Government agency, Industry, Consulting, Faculty | $500.00 +HST = $575.00 |
| First Nations, Non-profits, Full-time students | $375.00 + HST = $431.25 |
| Re-registration to complete modules | $125.00 + HST = $143.75 |
Course Objectives
Introduce tools for water quality data visualization and analysis (R and R Studio; open source statistical software)
Run through hands-on activities with real data to analyse for effects, trends, etc. This will largely be done with R
Introduce use of Water Quality Indices (WQI) to consolidate lots of data and information
Learning Outcomes
Formulate key questions and hypotheses
Determine the best analytical method for answering the question
Determine the best graphical method for presenting the data
Analyse and present the data through the use of R
Learn how to present figures and statistical results in reports
Details
The content was originally developed in partnership with the Saskatchewan Research Council (Dr. Andrew Harwood), and Dr. Monique Dubé (former CRI Science Director), and has been recently redeveloped with a significant amount of new content and exercises added by Dr. Jen Lento (UNB/CRI Research Scientist), Brianna Levenstein (UNB/CRI Research Technician), Zoe O’Malley (UNB/CRI Research Technician), and Dr. Michelle Gray (UNB/CRI Assistant Professor). It is offered as a self-paced online course in an online learning management system called D2L. Participants will be encouraged to interact with fellow participants online to share real-world stories and/or questions regarding water quality monitoring data and designs.
The Canadian Rivers Institute is using the services of the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management (ForEM) and the College of Extended Learning to increase the quality and efficiency of program registration and delivery of this CRI Training and Professional Development program's signature course. ForEM is responsible for the registration process, client relations, and the delivery of courses. For enquiries specific to CRI’s 2022 spring/summer signature courses please call 453-4770 or email unbcricourses@unb.ca