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: Stratifying the Study Area
- Step 4: Supplemental Monitoring, Sample Sizes, and Frequency
- Step 5: Collect and Evaluate Available Data
- 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