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A Note on Frequencies, Proportions and Diversity: A Response to Cannon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Steven A. Rosen
Steven A. Rosen*
Affiliation:
Archaeological Survey of Israel, POB 586, Jerusalem, Israel
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Abstract

In a recent article based on ethnoarchaeological research in Mesoamerica, Cannon has suggested that presence/absence statistics are generally preferable to percentage statistics. The case presented is weak, and seems only to reflect a specific instance rather than a general rule.

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American Antiquity , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 409 - 411
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1986

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