Biometrics and Morphometrics for Anthropologists

Biometrics and Morphometrics for Anthropologists is an introduction to the rhetoric of quantitative reasoning for students in applied organismal biology. The book weaves together the fundamentals of statistical formulas and strategies with examples of their applications using real data sets.

Where other introductory metric books often emphasize engineer's noise or error models, Biometrics and Morphometrics for Anthropologists focuses on basic theory and methods of most relevance for observing patterns of biological variation. Designed as an accessible textbook for students in courses on biometrics and morphometrics, the book will be an valuable resource for undergraduates and beginning graduate students in anthropology, human biology, and organismal biology.