E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Web PDF
Shennan Quantifying Archaeology
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9594-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9594-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Dr. Stephen Shennan is a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Southampton, where he has taught this subject to first-year students for several years.
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1;Front Cover;1
2;Quantifying Archaeology;3
3;Copyright Page;4
4;Table of Contents;5
5;Preface;7
6;Chapter 1. Introduction;11
6.1;WHY QUANTITATIVE METHODS?;11
6.2;THE PLACE OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH;16
6.3;THE EXERCISES: A COMMENT;16
7;Chapter 2. Quantifying Description;18
7.1;MOVING FROM ONE LEVEL OF MEASUREMENT TO ANOTHER;22
7.2;EXERCISES;23
8;Chapter 3. Picture Summaries of a Single Variable;32
8.1;EXERCISES;41
9;Chapter 4. Numerical Summaries of a Single Variable;43
9.1;MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY;45
9.2;MEASURES OF DISPERSION;50
9.3;THE EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS VIEW OF NUMERICAL SUMMARIES: ROBUST DESCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION;54
9.4;EXERCISES;57
10;Chapter 5. An Introduction to Statistical Inference;58
10.1;SAMPLES AND POPULATIONS;59
10.2;SIGNIFICANCE TESTING IN ARCHAEOLOGY;63
10.3;OTHER TESTS FOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO ORDINAL SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS;71
10.4;CONCLUSION;72
10.5;EXERCISES;73
11;Chapter 6. The Chi-Squared Test;75
11.1;THE CHI-SQUARED TEST FOR CROSS-CLASSIFIED DATA;80
11.2;HOW USEFUL IS THE CHI-SQUARED TEST?;84
11.3;EXERCISES;84
12;Chapter 7. Beyond Chi-Squared : Describing Association Between Two Nominal Scale Variables;87
12.1;OTHER MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION;91
12.2;ASSOCIATION AND CAUSAL INFERENCES;92
12.3;A MODERN APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NOMINAL SCALE VARIABLES: AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO LOG-LINEAR MODELS;99
12.4;EXERCISES;109
13;Chapter 8. Numeric Variables: The Normal Distribution;111
13.1;THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;112
13.2;WHAT DO WE DO IF THE DATA ARE NOT NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED?;118
13.3;EXERCISES;122
14;Chapter 9. Relationships between Two Numeric Variables: Correlation and Regression;124
14.1;METHODS OF VISUAL DISPLAY: SCATTERGRAMS;124
14.2;DESCRIBING RELATIONSHIPS BY NUMBERS;129
14.3;CONCLUSION;141
14.4;EXERCISES;143
15;Chapter 10. When the Regression Doesn't Fit;145
15.1;RESIDUALS;146
15.2;THE REGRESSION MODEL;149
15.3;ROBUST REGRESSION: THE EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS APPROACH;170
15.4;EXERCISES;174
16;Chapter 11. Facing Up to Complexity: Multiple Correlation and Regression;176
16.1;THE MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL;177
16.2;PARTIAL CORRELATION;179
16.3;MULTIPLE CORRELATION;185
16.4;THE MULTIPLE REGRESSION COEFFICIENT;189
16.5;INTERPRETING MULTIPLE REGRESSION COMPUTER OUTPUT;192
16.6;ASSUMPTIONS;196
16.7;EXERCISES;197
17;Chapter 12. Numerical Classification in Archaeology;200
17.1;HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION;200
17.2;NUMERICAL CLASSIFICATION: SOME PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS;205
17.3;SIMILARITY AND DISTANCE MEASURES;208
17.4;SEARCHING FOR PATTERNING IN SIMILARITY (AND DISTANCE) MATRICES;218
17.5;CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODS;222
17.6;CLUSTER ANALYSIS EVALUATION;238
17.7;EXERCISES;243
18;Chapter 13. Simplifying Complex Spaces: The Role of Multivariate Analysis;251
18.1;MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;254
18.2;EXERCISES;298
19;Chapter 14. Probabilistic Sampling in Archaeology;308
19.1;CALCULATING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND SAMPLE SIZES;311
19.2;ESTIMATING TOTALS;319
19.3;ESTIMATING A POPULATION PROPORTION;320
19.4;SELECTING A SAMPLE;323
19.5;ALTERNATIVES TO SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING;325
19.6;PROBABILISTIC SAMPLING OF POPULATIONS WITH A SPATIAL DIMENSION;330
19.7;SAMPLING AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AIMS: ALTERNATIVES TO PARAMETER ESTIMATION;333
19.8;EXERCISES;338
20;Chapter 15. Conclusion;341
20.1;FURTHER PROGRESS;341
20.2;RECENT DIRECTIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS;342
21;Appendix 1: Statistical Tables;345
22;Appendix 2: Computer Packages for Statistical Analysis;353
23;References;357
24;Index;367
