ANTH 333 Data and Program Files
A number of course assignments will use spreadsheets files. These files are provided on this page in Microsoft Excel (*.xls) format.
Right-click the file name and choose 'Save Target As' from the menu to save the file to your computer (or, if you are using a college computer, save the file to your P: drive).
Test data
This file is used at the beginning of the course to give you experience with downloading a spreadsheet file and performing some simple spreadsheet operations.
Expectation-maximization (EM) program for computing allele frequencies for the ABO blood group system
Note: The default data in the spreadsheet are the data given on page 53 of your textbook.
Irish blood group frequencies
This file contains allele frequencies for seven blood groups for the entire island of Ireland as well as broken down into five provinces.
Head length data
This file contains data on head length for 50 female crania from the Teita of Kenya.
Height data
This file contains data on stature (height) for 27 Irish males from the Aran Islands in the early 1890s.
t-test program
This file contains a spreadsheet that performs a two-sample t-test given sample sizes, means, and standard deviations.
Skin color data
This file contains data on skin reflectance at E.E.L. filter 609 and distance from the equator for 107 male samples from the Old World.
Instructions for downloading the MICRO program
MICRO is a population genetics simulation program that I wrote and that you will need to use for one of your take-home assignments. The program runs under Windows XP (as well as Windows 95/98/ME, and 2000). Although you can run the program from the computers in Fitzelle 306, you might find it more useful to install a copy of the program on your own personal computer using the following instructions: