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Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology 

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Quantitative Analysis in Archaeology introduces the
application of quantitative methods in archaeology. It outlines
conceptual and statistical principles, illustrates their
application, and provides problem sets for practice.

* Discusses both methodological frameworks and quantitative
methods of archaeological analysis

* Presents statistical material in a clear and straightforward
manner ideal for students and professionals in the field

* Includes illustrative problem sets and practice exercises in
each chapter that reinforce practical application of quantitative
analysis
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Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables.

List of Figures.

List of Equations.

Acknowledgments.

1. Quantifying Archaeology.

2. Data.

3. Characterizing Data Visually.

4.Characterizing Data Numerically: Descriptive Statistics.

5. An Introduction to Probability.

6. Putting Statistics to Work: The Normal Distribution.

7. Hypothesis Testing I: An Introduction.

8. Hypothesis Testing II: Confidence Limits, the t-Distribution, and One-Tailed Tests.

9. Hypothesis Testing III: Power.

10. Analysis of Variance and the F-Distribution.

11. Linear Regression and Multivariate Analysis.

12. Correlation.

13. Analysis of Frequencies.

14. An Abbreviated Introduction to Nonparametric and Multivariate Analysis.

15. Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis.

16. Sampling, Research Designs, and the Archaeological Record.

Some Concluding Thoughts.

References.

Appendix A. Areas under a Standardized Normal Distribution.

Appendix B. Critical Values for the Student’s t-Distribution.

Appendix C. Critical Values for the F-Distribution.

Appendix D. Critical Values for the Chi-Square Distribution.

Appendix E. Critical Values for the Wilcoxon Two-Sample U-Test.

Über den Autor

TODD L. VANPOOL is Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the co-author with Christine S. Van Pool of Signs of the Casas Grandes Shamans (2007), Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest (2006) and Essential Tensions in Archaeological Method and Theory (2003).

ROBERT D. LEONARD is retired from the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where he taught for 17 years. He is currently the co-owner and a project director of Human Inquiry, a consulting firm that uses an interdisciplinary anthropological approach to help improve building designs.
Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 376 ● ISBN 9781444390162 ● Dateigröße 4.6 MB ● Verlag John Wiley & Sons ● Erscheinungsjahr 2010 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 2390117 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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