Quantifying descriptions; picture summaries of a single variable; numerical summaries of a single variable; an introduction to statistical inference; the Chi-squared test; beyond Chi-squared - describing association between two nominal scale variables; numeric variables - the normal distribution; relationships between two numeric variables - correlation and regression; when the regression doesn't fit; facing up to complexity; numerical classification in archaeology; simplifying complex spaces - the role of multivariate analysis; probabilistic sampling in archaeology.

This is a satisfying book that I would recommend to undergraduate students and professionalarchaeologists alike. -- Andy Boddington, Royal Archaeological Institute This is a book that will be invaluable to those undergraduates and researchers looking for an up-to-date guide to the use of numerical methods in archaeology. -- A M Pollard Shennan's book is clearly one of the most comprehensive, even readable, introductions tostatistical methods as they are applied to archaeology. This is a satisfying book that I would recommend to undergraduate students and professionalarchaeologists alike. This is a book that will be invaluable to those undergraduates and researchers looking for an up-to-date guide to the use of numerical methods in archaeology. Shennan's book is clearly one of the most comprehensive, even readable, introductions tostatistical methods as they are applied to archaeology.