Biostatistics in Paleontology

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Jones, Brian

• Paleontology is a multi-faceted subject that involves taxonomy and community analysis as two of its cornerstones. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches have been incorporated into the various methods employed in such analyses. Each paleontologist obvious has his or her own preference that is commonly expressed in terms of the use of qualitative or quantitative methods.

• Date created

  1988-01-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Bivariate Analysis
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Data Acquisition
  • Biostatistics
  • Size
  • Faunal Studies
  • Fossils
  • Morphology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Taxonomy
  • Univariate Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Histograms
  • Statistical Analysis

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3SN01K31

• License

  © 1988 Geoscience Canada. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.