The aim of this article is to summarize and organize the methodologies used for the statistical analysis in the field of ceramic investigation and, more specifically, the study of ceramic provenance. An update and review of all related methodologies is provided during the presentation of a typical statistical analysis. The presentation is given in a step-by-step process and emphasis is on interpretation of the intermediate and final results. The analysis attempts to cover the following:

• What issues to examine in a preliminary analysis
• Data transformation
• Cluster analysis
• Clustering assessment
• Data dimension reduction methods as part of a clustering visualization and assessment
• Outliers and small groups
• Mixed-mode analysis
• Cluster characterization and discriminating factors
• Classification

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陶瓷调查：如何进行统计分析

本文的目的是总结和组织在陶瓷研究领域，更具体地说是在陶瓷起源研究中用于统计分析的方法。在介绍典型的统计分析期间，将提供所有相关方法的更新和审查。演示文稿是分步进行的，重点是对中间结果和最终结果的解释。该分析尝试涵盖以下内容：

• 初步分析中要检查哪些问题
• 数据转换
• 聚类分析
• 聚类评估
• 数据维度缩减方法作为集群可视化和评估的一部分
• 离群值和小组
• 混合模式分析
• 聚类表征和鉴别因素
• 分类