| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"Anthropology as a discipline is rapidly becoming more quantitative, and anthropology students are now required to develop sophisticated statistical skills. This book provides students of anthropology with a clear, step-by-step guide to univariate statistical methods, demystifying the aspects that are often seen as difficult or impenetrable. Explaining the central role of statistical methods in anthropology, and using only anthropological examples, the book provides a solid footing in statistical techniques. Beginning with basic descriptive statistics, this new edition also covers more advanced methods such as analyses of frequencies and variance, and simple and multiple regression analysis with dummy and continuous variables. It addresses commonly encountered problems such as small samples and non-normality. Each statistical technique is accompanied by clearly worked examples, and the chapters end with practice problem sets"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of partial statistical tables -- Preface -- Introduction to statistics and simple descriptive statistics -- The first step in data analysis: summarizing and displaying data : computing descriptive statistics -- Probability and statistics -- Hypothesis testing and estimation -- The difference between two means -- The analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Non-parametric tests for the comparison of samples -- The analysis of frequencies -- Correlation analysis -- Simple linear regression -- Advanced topics in regression analysis. |
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9.2.2 Kendalls coefficient of rank correlation -- tau (τ) -- 9.3 Chapter 9 key concepts -- 9.4 Chapter 9 exercises -- 10 Simple linear regression -- 10.1 An overview of regression analysis -- 10.2 Regression analysis step-by-step -- 10.2.1 The data are plotted and inspected to detect violations of the linearity and homoscedasticity assumptions -- 10.2.2 The relation between the X and the Y is described mathematically with an equation -- 10.2.3 The regression analysis is expressed as an analysis of the variance of Y -- 10.2.4 The null hypothesis that the parametric value of the slope is not statistically different from 0 is tested -- 10.2.5 The regression equation is used to predict values of Y -- 10.2.6 Lack of fit is assessed -- 10.2.7 The residuals are analyzed -- 10.3 Transformations in regression analysis -- 10.4 Chapter 10 key concepts -- 10.5 Computer resources -- 10.6 Chapter 10 exercises -- 11 Advanced topics in regression analysis -- 11.1 The multiple regression model -- 11.1.1 The problem of multicollinearity/collinearity -- 11.1.2 The algebraic computation of the multiple regression equation -- 11.1.3 An overview of multiple-regression-model building -- 11.1.4 Dummy independent variables -- 11.2 An overview of logistic regression -- 11.3 Writing up your results -- 11.4 Chapter 11 key concepts -- 11.5 Computer resources -- 11.6 Chapter 11 exercises -- References -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Anthropology -- Statistical methods.
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Anthropology -- Statistical methods. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Madrigal, Lorena. Statistics for anthropology. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521147088 (DLC) 2011044367 (OCoLC)760532219 |
| ISBN |
9781139423328 (electronic book) |
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1139423320 (electronic book) |
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9781139022699 (electronic book) |
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1139022695 (electronic book) |
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9780521147088 |
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0521147085 |
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9781139419239 |
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1139419234 |
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