ANTH 5303 - Research Methods in Anthropology II: Data Analysis

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours Lecture: 3
Contact Hours Lab: 0

This is a hands-on data driven course that provides graduate students with an introduction to data collection and analysis techniques within anthropology and archaeology. This class covers field data collection and lab analysis, quantitative and qualitative methods using a variety of techniques (e.g., metric and non-metric, residue analyses, aDNA, pXRF, experimental, etc.), digital and physical data management, statistics and data analysis using various software packages, data visualization, curation, and scientific writing. The final product for this class is a thesis proposal and presentation of the student’s research design.

Course Level: Graduate