Multivariate Statistical Methods in Physical Anthropology

A Review of Recent Advances and Current Developments

Inbunden, Engelska, 1984

Av G.N. van Vark, W.W. Howells, G. N. Van Vark, W. W. Howells, G. N. van Vark

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Invited were mathematical statisticians who were known to have an acquaintance with and interest in anthropological problems, together with anthropologists and human geneticists who consider multivariate methodology essential for their research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1984-02-29
Mått155 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt834 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor434
Upplaga1984
FörlagSpringer
ISBN9789027717344

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Interpretation of Metrical Variables in Multivariate Analysis.- Some Recent Advances in Multivariate Analysis Applied to Anthropometry.- Incomplete Samples from Multivariate Normal Distributions with the Same, Known Covariance Matrix.- Use of Diversity and Distance Measures in the Analysis of Qualitative Data.- Multivariate Distances and Multivariate Classification Systems Using Non-Metric Traits in Biological Studies.- Generalized Distance in Familial Studies of Anthropometrical Characters.- Generalized Distance between Different Thigh-bones and a Reference Population.- The Use of Multivariate Distances for Non-Classificatory Purposes in Anthropobiology.- Interval Estimates for Posterior Probabilities, Applications to Border Cave.- Cluster Analysis, History, Theory and Applications.- Some Aspects of Allocation and Discrimination.- Interpretation and Testing in Multivariate Statistical Approaches to Physical Anthropology: the Example of Sexual Dimorphism in the Primates.- A Report on the Heritability of Some Cranial Measurements and Non-Metric Traits.- Improving the Sensitivity, Specificity, and Appositeness of Morphometric Analyses.- Towards an Understanding of Data in Physical Anthropology.- Data Banks and Multivariate Statistics in Physical Anthropology.- Biological Evolution and History in 19th Century Portugal.- On the Determination of Hominid Affinities.- Multivariate Analysis and Cranial Diversity in Plio-Pleistocene Hominids.- From Multivariate Statistics to Natural Selection: A Reanalysis of Plio/Pleistocene Hominid Dental Material.