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Course: Anthropological Research Data Analysis 2

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Course title Anthropological Research Data Analysis 2
Course code KSA/AAV2X
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Štilec Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Analysis of grave goods of past populations (contingency tables) 2. Assessment of changes of biological parameters in time (relationship between quantitative and qualitative variable) 3. Methods of estimation of body height (relationship between quantitative variables) 4. Evaluation of size and shape (principal components) 5. Biodistance analyses (clustering) 6. Methods of sex estimation (classification)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with practical applications, Practicum
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 32 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
KSA/AAV, KSA/AAV1, or KSS/ZZD is prerequisitet.
learning outcomes
Students know principles of advanced quantitative methods of data analysis and interpret their own results or that published in the literature.
teaching methods
Practicum
Interactive lecture
assessment methods
Written exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • Agresti, Alan; Finlay, Barbara. Statistical methods for the social sciences. Upper Saddle River : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-027295-7.
  • Hebák, Petr. Vícerozměrné statistické metody [1]. Praha : Informatorium, 2004. ISBN 80-7333-025-3.
  • Hendl, Jan. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat : analýza a metaanalýza dat. Praha : Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-820-1.
  • Krzanowski, W. J. Principles of multivariate analysis : a user's perspective. Rev. ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-850708-9.
  • Legendre, Pierre; Legendre, Louis. Numerical ecology. 2nd english ed. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1998. ISBN 0-444-89249-4.
  • Manly F.B.J. Multivariate statistical methods: a primer. 3rd.
  • Shennan, Stephen. Quantifying archaeology. 2nd ed. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1997. ISBN 0-87745-598-8.


Study plans that include the course
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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 08.06.2025 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026