Statistical design and data analysis requirements.

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• Personal Author:
  Busch, Kenneth A. ; Leidel, Nelson A.
• Description:
  Statistical design and data analysis methodologies useful for conducting industrial hygiene studies were reviewed. General areas of industrial hygiene where statistical theory could be applied were discussed. These include experimental studies that investigate planned interventions of determinant factors suspected of altering the phenomenon under study and observational surveys and studies that do not involve human intervention. The need for utilizing statistics in industrial hygiene research was considered. Applying statistical techniques to determining threshold and low risk levels was discussed. Possible contributions of statistical methods toward recognizing chemical and physical stressors in the workplace were reviewed. Basic statistical theory applicable to occupational exposure data was discussed. Distributional models that could identify the contributions of various sources of variation to overall or net random errors in occupational exposure estimates were described. The basic principles of statistical experimental design and data analysis applicable to industrial hygiene research were reviewed. Recommended study designs for estimating individual occupational exposures and distributions of exposure in an industrial hygiene survey were discussed. Applied methods for performing formal statistical analyses of occupational exposure data were illustrated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Industrial hygiene; Statistical analysis; Mathematical models; Occupational exposure; Risk analysis; Epidemiology; Workplace monitoring
• ISBN:
  9780471861379
• Publisher:
  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00205181
• Citation:
  Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Second Edition, Vol. 3A: The Work Environment. Patty FA, Cralley LJ, Cralley LV, eds., New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,1985 Jan; 3A:395-507
• Editor(s):
  Patty FA; Cralley LJ; Cralley LV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Second Edition, Vol. 3A: The Work Environment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243118/cdc_243118_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]