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AGRICULTURAL SOIL SCIENTISTS HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING THAT HAS BEEN AND IS CONTINUING TO BE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE SOILS ENGINEER IN RECONNAISSANCE AND MAPPING. THIS REPORT COVERS A STATISTICAL METHOD OF CORRELATION USED IN A PILOT STUDY CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO MAKE ENGINEERING SOILS DATA AVAILABLE FROM A PEDOLOGICAL MAP OF FAYETTE COUNTY, KY. ASSUMING THAT THE RELIABILITY OF PEDOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS HOLDS TRUE FOR ENGINEERING PROPERTIES, THE ENGINEERING TEST CONSTANTS FOR A GIVEN HORIZON OF A GIVEN SOIL SHOULD FALL WITHIN A NARROW RANGE, AND THE LIMITS OF THIS RANGE SHOULD BE REASONABLY DETERMINABLE FROM THE RESULTS OF TESTS ON A SMALL NUMBER OF RANDOM SAMPLES. IN THE PRESENT STUDY A RANGE WITH A CONFIDENCE COEFFICIENT OF 0.90 WAS DETERMINED BY THE STATISTICAL METHOD USED. /AUTHOR/

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01410606

English

McLerran, James E

17p

1959

Highway Research Board Bulletin

Digital/other

Engineering soils; Geological surveying; Maps; Randomization; Sampling; Soil mapping; Soil profiles; Soil types; Soils; Statistical analysis

Soil classification

Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways

TRIS, TRB

Aug 15 2004 2:39AM

• AIRPHOTO ANALYSIS OF TERRAIN FOR HIGHWAY LOCATION STUDIES IN MAINE
• GRAVEL PROSPECTING BY USE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION
• THE ENGINEERING SOIL SURVEY AND ITS RELATION TO ENGINEERING PROBLEMS