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Regional Subsampling and Statistical Inference in Forested Habitats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jack D. Nance
Jack D. Nance*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaV5A 1S6
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Abstract

An attempt to employ probabilistic subsampling in a wooded study area is reviewed. Errors committed in attempts to test hypotheses about statistical associations are identified, and more suitable procedures are suggested. The site-location potential of regional subsampling is considered. On theoretical grounds it is concluded that regional subsampling employing small subunits in areas of low site density is probably inefficient and biased when used as a search procedure.

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American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 172 - 176
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1979

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