1st Edition
Strategies for Quantitative Research Archaeology by Numbers
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Formula
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: How Does Quantitative Analysis Fit Into Archaeological Research?
Chapter 2: Basics: Knowing Your Data
Chapter 3: Preparing Your Data: Aggregation, Standardization, and Transformation
Chapter 4: Numerical and Graphical Approaches to Summarizing Your Data
Chapter 5: Basic Approaches for Statistical Hypothesis Testing Using Univariate Data
Chapter 6: Bivariate Analysis: Linear Regression and Correlation
Chapter 7: Multivariate Techniques for Data Reduction and Pattern Recognition
Chapter 8: Multivariate Approaches to Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 9: Clustering and Discrimination: Grouping Data According to Similarity
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Numerical Facts in the World of Archaeological Ambiguity
Biography
Grant S. McCall is the Executive Director of the Center for Human-Environmental Research and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University. He is also the author of Before Modern Humans: New Perspectives on the African Stone Age and (with Karl Widerquist) Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy.
