Between October 23-25, J. Lawrence Angel Fellow, Dr. Effie Nikita presented a seminar “Introduction to Basic Applied Statistics” for ASCSA members and staff. This was a first for the Wiener Laboratory and by all accounts a success. Since statistics is of enormous value in analyzing information and in testing conclusions that researchers draw from it, it is particularly useful to have instruction from someone whose experience is based on working with archaeological data.
Members of the ASCSA working on many different projects with very different kinds of information took part. Olivia Jones who is working with a large assemblage of human remains said, "The seminar was extremely helpful for helping me understand the ways in which I can interpret and display the patterns in my data." Plans are underway to continue this successful program with more advanced lessons.
