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Built from years of teaching quantitative analysis to undergraduate and graduate students, it explains how familiar archaeological contexts help readers understand data structure and the value of statistical methods. While tailored to archaeological problems, the principles are broadly applicable across disciplines, and the book addresses challenges in applying statistics effectively to archaeological information.","Statistics for Archaeologists  \nINTERDISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGY  \nSeries Editor: Jelmer Eerkens, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA  \nFounding Editor: Roy S. Dickens, Jr. Late of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA  \nFor a complete list of titles in this series, please visit the series online at: [http://www.springer.com/series/6090](http://www.springer.com/series/6090)  \nTHE ARCHAEOLOGIST’S LABORATORY The Analysis of Archaeological Data  \nE.B. Banning  \nAURIGNACIAN LITHIC ECONOMY Ecological Perspectives from Southwestern France Brooke S. Blades  \nCASE STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 2ND EDITION Elizabeth J. Reitz, Margaret Scarry, and Sylvia J. Scudder  \nEMPIRE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY Terence N. D’Altroy and Christine A. Hastorf  \nEUROPEAN PREHISTORY: A SURVEY Edited by Saurunas Miliasuskas  \nTHE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX HUNTER-GATHERERS Archaeological Evidence from the North Pacific Ben Fitzhugh  \nFAUNAL EXTINCTION IN AN ISLAND SOCIETY Pygmy Hippotamus Hunters of Cyprus  \nAlan H. Simmons  \nA HUNTER-GATHERER LANDSCAPE  \nSouthwest Germany in the Late Paleolithic and Neolithic Michael A. Jochim  \nMISSISSIPPIAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION The Powers Phase in Southeastern Missouri Michael J. O’Brien  \nNEW PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SACRIFICE AND RITUAL BODY TREATMENTS IN ANCIENT MAYA SOCIETY  \nEdited by Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina  \nREMOTE SENSING IN ARCHAEOLOGY Edited by James Wiseman and Farouk El-Baz  \nTHE SCIOTO HOPEWELL AND THEIR NEIGHBORS Bioarhcoaelogical Documentation and Cultural Understanding By D. Troy Case and Christopher Carr  \nTHE TAKING AND DISPLAYING OF HUMAN BODY PARTS AS TROPHIES BY AMERINDIANS Edited by Richard J. Chacon and David H. Dye  \nStatistics for Archaeologists A Commonsense Approach  \nSecond Edition  \nRobert D. Drennan  \n1 3  \nDr. Robert D. Drennan University of Pittsburgh Dept. Anthropology Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA  \n[drennan@pitt.edu](drennan@pitt.edu)  \n[ISSN 1568-2722](ISSN 1568-2722)  \nISBN 978-1-4419-0412-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0413-3  \nDOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0413-3  \nSpringer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2009926038  \n􀀂c Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2004, 2009  \nAll rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden.  \nThe use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights.  \nPrinted on acid-free paper  \nSpringer is part of Springer Science+Business Media ([www.springer.com](www.springer.com))  \nPreface to the Second Edition  \nThis book is intended as an introduction to basic statistical principles and techniques for the archaeologist. It grows primarily from my experience in teaching courses in quantitative analysis for undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology over a number of years. 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