Quantifying Archaeology / / Stephen Shennan.
The second edition of this popular texbook introduces archaeology students to the use of statistics in their subject. Based on the author's long-running undergraduate course, it explains the relevant areas of statistics in terms that archaeology students can easily assimilate. This new edition...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1997 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quantifying Description -- 3. Picture Summaries of a Single Variable -- 4. Numerical Summaries of a Single Variable -- 5. An Introduction to Statistical Inference -- 6. Estimation and Testing with the Normal Distribution -- 7. The Chi-Squared Test and Measures of Association -- 8. Relationships between Two Numeric Variables: Correlation and Regression -- 9. When the Regression Doesn't Fit -- 10. Facing Up to Complexity: Multiple Regression and Correlation -- 11. Classification and Cluster Analysis -- 12. Multidimensional Spaces and Principal Components Analysis -- 13. Correspondence Analysis and Other Multivariate Techniques -- 14. Probabilistic Sampling in Archaeology -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index |
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Summary: | The second edition of this popular texbook introduces archaeology students to the use of statistics in their subject. Based on the author's long-running undergraduate course, it explains the relevant areas of statistics in terms that archaeology students can easily assimilate. This new edition includes a wider range of topics presented in greater depth, reflecting the subject's growing importance within archaeology. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781474472555 9783110780475 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781474472555 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Stephen Shennan. |