Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

5-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mathematics

First Advisor

Dr. Xiaohui Wang

Second Advisor

Dr. Santanu Chakraborty

Third Advisor

Dr. Demba Fofana

Abstract

PM2.5 has been a main environmental concern due to its adverse effects on human health and society. We used data from two sources: monitoring station of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and several nearby monitoring stations of the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection. This study includes investigating (1) PM2.5 historical data reliability, (2) PM2.5 real-time data reliability, and (3) air quality improvement trends in Beijing over the past decade. We used graphical methods, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and inferential analyses including paired samples t-test, ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis test. We reported effect sizes to aid study on practical significance. Inferential procedures' assumptions were checked. Results showed that PM2.5 historical and real-time

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Copyright 2019 Huimin Li. All Rights Reserved.

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