Quantitative analysis in archaeology / Todd L. VanPool & Robert D. Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

VanPool, Todd L., 1968-

Contributor:

Leonard, Robert D., 1954-

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Quantitative research.

Archaeology--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 350 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Quantifying archaeology

Data

Characterizing data visually

Characterizing data numerically : descriptive statistics

An introduction to probability

Putting statistics to work : the normal distribution

Hypothesis testing I : an introduction

Hypothesis testing II : confidence limits, the T-distribution, and one-tailed tests

Hypothesis testing III : power

Analysis of variance and the F-distribution

Linear regression and multivariate analysis

Correlation

Analysis of frequencies

An abbreviated introduction to nonparametric and multivariate analysis

Factor analysis and principal component analysis

Sampling, research designs, and the archaeological record

Appendix A: Areas under a standardized normal distribution

Appendix B: Critical values for the 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781444390155

1444390155

Publisher Number:

99966763771

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.