Quantitative Methods in Physical Anthropology

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Overview

Subject area

ANTH

Catalog Number

79800

Course Title

Quantitative Methods in Physical Anthropology

Department(s)

Description

This course introduces students to methods of statistical modeling and analysis typically used in biological anthropology. Topics covered include data description, fundamentals of probability, correlation, hypothesis testing, power and sampling, likelihood, Bayesian inference, multivariate methods, and principal components analysis. Students are also introduced to the R statistical programming environment

Typically Offered

Offer as needed

Academic Career

Graduate School Graduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

4

Maximum Units

4

Academic Progress Units

4

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

030893

Course Schedule