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.

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• List of FiguresList of TablesList of BoxesList of Formula PrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: How Does Quantitative Analysis Fit Into Archaeological Research? Chapter 2: Basics: Knowing Your DataChapter 3: Preparing Your Data: Aggregation, Standardization, and TransformationChapter 4: Numerical and Graphical Approaches to Summarizing Your DataChapter 5: Basic Approaches for Statistical Hypothesis Testing Using Univariate DataChapter 6: Bivariate Analysis: Linear Regression and CorrelationChapter 7: Multivariate Techniques for Data Reduction and Pattern RecognitionChapter 8: Multivariate Approaches to Statistical Hypothesis TestingChapter 9: Clustering and Discrimination: Grouping Data According to SimilarityChapter 10: Conclusion: Numerical Facts in the World of Archaeological Ambiguity

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.

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• List of FiguresList of TablesList of BoxesList of Formula PrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: How Does Quantitative Analysis Fit Into Archaeological Research? Chapter 2: Basics: Knowing Your DataChapter 3: Preparing Your Data: Aggregation, Standardization, and TransformationChapter 4: Numerical and Graphical Approaches to Summarizing Your DataChapter 5: Basic Approaches for Statistical Hypothesis Testing Using Univariate DataChapter 6: Bivariate Analysis: Linear Regression and CorrelationChapter 7: Multivariate Techniques for Data Reduction and Pattern RecognitionChapter 8: Multivariate Approaches to Statistical Hypothesis TestingChapter 9: Clustering and Discrimination: Grouping Data According to SimilarityChapter 10: Conclusion: Numerical Facts in the World of Archaeological Ambiguity

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.

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• List of FiguresList of TablesList of BoxesList of Formula PrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: How Does Quantitative Analysis Fit Into Archaeological Research? Chapter 2: Basics: Knowing Your DataChapter 3: Preparing Your Data: Aggregation, Standardization, and TransformationChapter 4: Numerical and Graphical Approaches to Summarizing Your DataChapter 5: Basic Approaches for Statistical Hypothesis Testing Using Univariate DataChapter 6: Bivariate Analysis: Linear Regression and CorrelationChapter 7: Multivariate Techniques for Data Reduction and Pattern RecognitionChapter 8: Multivariate Approaches to Statistical Hypothesis TestingChapter 9: Clustering and Discrimination: Grouping Data According to SimilarityChapter 10: Conclusion: Numerical Facts in the World of Archaeological Ambiguity