a. Quality Assurance Overview
b. Quality Management Planning and Implementation
    i. Setting Data Quality Objectives
    ii. Regulatory Compliance
    iii. Identifying Responsible Personnel
c. Systematic Project Planning:
    i. Quality Management Plan (QMP)
    ii. Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
    iii. Field Sampling Plan (FSP); Work Plan (WP); Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP)
    iv. Coordination of laboratory and field sampling activities
d. Issues in Field Sampling
    i. Preparation
    ii. Implementation/Communication
    iii. Corrective Action
iv. Post-Sampling Review
e. Data Quality Indicators
    i. Precision
    ii. Accuracy
    iii. Representativeness
    iv. Reproducibility
    v. Completeness
f. Data Quality Assessment I: Statistical Methods
g. Data Quality Assessment II: Data Verification and Data Validation
h. Data Quality for Decision-making and Defensibility

 

TBA

A personal laptop with Excel and a pen or pencil and paper if you prefer not to write in your course manual. 

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