David L. Carlson (Texas A & M University)

Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Using R

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For archaeologists and anthropologists using quantitative methods on their data, this is the first hands-on guide to using the R statistical computing system. Basic descriptive and inferential statistics are covered as well as multivariate methods including cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and correspondence analysis.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 848g
• ISBN-13: 9781107655577
• ISBN-10: 1107655579
• Artikelnr.: 47710894

Autorenporträt

David L. Carlson is a Professor of Anthropology at Texas A & M University, where he has been teaching quantitative methods and the R statistical system to anthropology graduate students for eight years. His research focuses on the application of quantitative methods to discover and understand patterning in the distribution of artifacts on archaeological sites. He is a co-author of Clovis Lithic Technology (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Organization of the book
Part I. R and Basic Statistics: 2. Introduction to R
3. Looking at data - numerical summaries
4. Looking at data - tables
5. Looking at data - graphs
6. Transformations
7. Missing values
8. Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing
9. Relating variables
Part II. Multivariate Methods: 10. Multiple regression and generalized linear models
11. MANOVA and canonical and predictive discriminant analysis
12. Principal components analysis
13. Correspondence analysis
14. Distances and scaling
15. Cluster analysis
Part III. Archaeological Approaches to Data: 16. Spatial analysis
17. Seriation
18. Assemblage diversity
19. Conclusions
20. References.