AnthroTools is a small collection of statistical tools for anthropology, for use in the statistical program R.
Currently, the AnthroTools package contains tools for:
- free-list data analysis
- triad test instrument generator and data analysis
- consensus analysis
- ...and more (currently in prep)
To install AnthroTools, run the following:
install.packages("devtools")
library("devtools")
install_github('alastair-JL/AnthroTools')
library(AnthroTools)
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