Quantitative Methods in Anthropology

3 units

This course provides an introduction to quantitative methods in anthropology. Standard analytical procedures are introduced through the lens of linear modeling using the R programming language. No prior experience in R is required. The topics covered include measurement theory, data description, hypothesis testing and the multiple comparison problem, correlation and regression, analysis of variance, clustering, power, non-parametric methods, and multivariate methods such as principal component and linear discriminant analysis.