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Pm2.5 Data Reliability And Air Quality Improvement Trends In Beijing, Huimin Li
Pm2.5 Data Reliability And Air Quality Improvement Trends In Beijing, Huimin Li
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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' …