Monitoring data provide useful information to assist in making management decisions. Analysis converts data into useful information, which can then be communicated via reports and other decision making documents. There are a number of tools and workflows available to streamline this process of data analysis. To get started with your analysis, navigate through the following subheadings:
- Planning &Project Initiation
- Design
- Step 1: Develop Management Objectives
- Step 2: Set Study Area and Monitoring Objectives
- Step 3: Select criteria for stratifying the study area (if necessary)
- Step 4: Select and document supplemental monitoring methods; estimate sample sizes; set sampling frequency; develop implementation rules
- Step 5: Collect and evaluate available data to determine sampling sufficiency and the validity of the strata (if available)
- Step 6: Apply Stratification and Select Monitoring Locations
- Step 7: Data Management Plans
- Monitoring Design Example
- Data Collection
- Data Management &Project Evaluation
- Analysis &Reporting
- Training