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ARCH 5113

Method and Theory in Archaeology

0.5 credits · Graduate

Winter 2026 · Method and Theory in Archaeology / Quantitative Research Methods

Topics

  • ARCH 5113: Consideration of the theories and methods employed in research design, analysis
  • and interpretation in archaeological science research, involving both qualitative and quantitative
  • approaches
  • ENST 5050: Quantitative research theories and methods, and their application to the students'
  • field of study
  • Learn quantitative research methods for archaeological science and environmental studies
  • Understand how to choose among quantitative methods for your particular research
  • question(s)
  • limitations and/or obstacles that arise when conducting quantitative analyses
  • Understand how quantitative methods contribute to knowledge creation
  • Achieve a broader and more informed outlook on what it means to conduct quantitative
  • research
  • Assist in the production of a thesis research plan/proposal and accompanying presentation

Readings

  • Optional: Roberts, Kampen, & Peter, 2010. The Statistics Coach: Learning Through Practice. Oxford University Press See the course D2L site (look in MyCourseLinks on the LU website) for other resources each week.
Winter 2024 · Method and Theory in Archaeology / Quantitative Research Methods

Topics

  • interpretation in archaeological science research, involving both qualitative and quantitative approaches
  • study
  • Learn quantitative research methods for archaeological science and environmental studies
  • Understand how to choose among quantitative methods for your particular research question(s)
  • limitations and/or obstacles that arise when conducting quantitative analyses
  • Understand how quantitative methods contribute to knowledge creation
  • Achieve a broader and more informed outlook on what it means to conduct quantitative research
  • Assist in the production of a thesis research plan/proposal and accompanying presentation

Readings

  • Optional: Roberts, Kampen, & Peter, 2010. The Statistics Coach: Learning Through Practice. Oxford University Press See the course D2L site (look in MyCourseLinks on the LU website) for other resources each week.
Winter 2021 · Quantitative Research Methods / Method and Theory in Archaeology

Topics

  • Date Topic(s)
  • Introduction and discussion of thesis topics and objectives
  • Review of Descriptive Statistics and Introduction to SPSS
  • Probability, Distributions, and Sampling
  • Bivariate Analysis and Crosstabulation
  • Written and Oral Communication
  • Preview Presentations
  • LU Graduate Student Conference. No session this week
  • Correlation and Regression
  • Inferential Statistics: Samples to Populations
  • Hypothesis Testing and Parametric Distributions
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Multivariate Inference and Non-Parametric Tests
  • LU Notice for Recording Lectures and Class Activities
  • audio recordings of class activities
  • comprehensive access to those activities. The recordings are confidential and are intended only
  • for the use of the course students and instructors. They otherwise not be used or disclosed
  • recordings are made under the authority of sections 3 and 14 of The Lakehead University Act
  • 65. Questions about the collection of the images and sounds in the recordings be directed
  • disabilities/medical conditions. Part of this commitment includes arranging academic

Readings

  • Roberts, Kampen, and Peter (2010), The Statistics Coach: Learning Through
  • Practice, Oxford University Press. An additional text on the practice of statistics should also be in your possession.
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