Extensive discussions cover the distribution, sampling, inference, analysis of variances; transformations of univariate statistical methods; analyses of geological trends and multivariate data; ratios and variables of constant sum; exploration for natural resources; and evaluation of computers and geology. No previous knowledge of statistics necessary.
Unabridged, corrected republication in one volume of the original, two-volume (1970, 1971) edition.

Table of Contents for Statistical Analysis of Geological Data

PART I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Scope and arrangement of the book
1.2 Problem solving
1.3 The nature of geological data
1.4 Sources of data for examples of analyses
1.5 Models
PART II. UNIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHODS
Chapter 2. DISTRIBUTIONS
2.1 Observations
2.2 Empirical frequency distributions
2.3 Histograms
2.4 Theoretical frequency distributions
2.5 Probability
Chapter 3. SAMPLING
3.1 Populations and samples
3.2 Target and sampled populations
3.3 "Mean, variance, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation"
3.4 Random samples
3.5 Sampling distributions
3.6 Distribution of the sample mean
3.7 Distribution of the sample variance and the chi-square distribution
Chapter 4. INFERENCE
4.1 Estimation of population parameters
4.2 Point and interval estimates
4.3 Student's t-distribution
4.4 Confidence intervals for the population mean
4.5 Example estimation of ore grade with confidence intervals
4.6 Confidence intervals for the population variance
4.7 Hypothesis tests
4.8 Bayesian statistics
4.9 Indications
Chapter 5. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
5.1 Comparison of more than two means
5.2 The F-distribution
5.3 One-way analysis of variance
5.4 Examples of one-way analysis of variance
5.5 Analysis of variance of nested data
5.6 An example of nested analysis of variance
5.7 Randomized blocks
5.8 Linear combinations
5.9 Single degree of freedom
5.10 Examples of analysis with single degree of freedom
5.11 Linear models
5.12 Multiple comparisons
5.13 Relationships among basic statistical distributions
Chapter 6. DISTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
6.1 Some discrete distributions
6.2 The lognormal distribution
6.3 Transformations
6.4 Graphical representation of data
6.5 Mixed-frequency distributions
PART III. SAMPLING AND VARIABILITY IN GEOLOGY
Chapter 7. GEOLOGICAL SAMPLING
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Geological factors that affect sampling
7.3 Hand-specimen sampling of outcrops
7.4 Drill sampling
7.5 Channel and chip sampling
7.6 Modal analysis
7.7 Other sampling methods
7.8 Range of geological variability
Chapter 8. VARIABILITY IN GEOLOGICAL
8.1 Problems of geological variability
8.2 Natural variability
8.3 Sampling bias and variability
8.4 Preparation bias and variability
8.5 Analytical bias and variability
8.6 Experimental designs
Index

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