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020 _a9781405189507
028 _aInternational Book Distributors
_b;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002
_c;112739
_d;15/09/2018
082 _a930.10722 VAN
100 _aTodd L VanPool
_a; Robert D Leonard
245 _aQuantitative analysis in archaeology
_c/Todd L VanPool
260 _aMalden, MA
_b : Wiley-Blackwell
_c, 2011.
300 _axxii, 350 pages
_c;26 cm.
365 _b4256
505 _a Front Matter -- 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 -- 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.
520 _a This text is an ideal introduction to the use of quantitative methods in archaeology. Statistical techniques are presented in a clear and straightforward manner throughout, and the careful balance between introduction of key concepts and their application to archaeological data is perfectly suited for both students and professionals in the field.
650 _aHistory
655 _aArchaeology--Methodology
_bArchaeology -- Statistical methods.
700 _aRobert D Leonard
942 _cBOOK
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