Some Things I Hope You Will Find Useful Even If Statistics Isn't Your Thing

Posted: 27 Oct 2015

Date Written: October 2015

Abstract

I emphasize some common misuses of statistics that everyone, whether you do statistics or just read what others write, should be on the lookout for. I next discuss somewhat more complicated issues in archaeological method and theory and then conclude with a qualitative explanation of Bayesian methods and why they are often preferable to the frequentist methods advocated in many introductory statistics texts.

Suggested Citation

Cowgill, George L., Some Things I Hope You Will Find Useful Even If Statistics Isn't Your Thing (October 2015). Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 44, pp. 1-14, 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2679261 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-013814

George L. Cowgill (Contact Author)

Arizona State University (ASU) ( email )

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Tempe, AZ 85287
United States

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