Geostatistics project of the national uranium resource evaluation program. Progress report, April 1981-September 1981

During the period covered by this report, we proposed a method of comparing aerial and ground data as a means of assessing the quality of aerial data. We also compared two methods of partitioning count rates among several isotopes. Time-series analysis and analysis of variance were considered as tools for using aerial radiometric data to aid in designing ground-based sampling experiments. Several methods of computing covariance matrices were compared for use with very large data sets. A study showed a potential for using aerial radiometric data to rank quadrangles according to the Department of Energy's estimated uranium inventories. A discriminant analysis code was transferred to Grand Junction, and several statistics short courses were presented there. Recommended cluster analysis procedures were developed and applied to aerial radiometric data. Reports and papers were prepared on topics such as outlier detection, percentile estimation, discriminant analysis, and statistical package comparison