Bayesian Approach to Intrepreting Archaeological Data by Cait... - 9780471961970

Bayesian Approach to Intrepreting Archaeological DataAuthor(s): Caitlin E. Buck, William G. Cavanagh, Cliff D. Litton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780471961970, 978-0471961970\nSynopsis\nStatistics in Practice A new series of practical books outliningthe use of statistical techniques in a wide range of applicationareas:\n\nHuman and Biological Sciences\nEarth and Environmental Sciences\nIndustry, Commerce and Finance\n\n The authors of this important text explore the processes throughwhich archaeologists analyse their data and how these can be mademore rigorous and effective by sound statistical modelling. Theyassume relatively little previous statistical or mathematicalknowledge. Introducing the idea underlying the Bayesian approach tothe statistical analysis of data and their subsequentinterpretation, the authors demonstrate the major advantage of thisapproach, [url] that it allows the incorpor.