Interpretation of Metrical Variables in Multivariate Analysis

Robert S. Corruccini
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Robert S. Corruccini: Southern Illinois University, Department of Anthropology

A chapter in Multivariate Statistical Methods in Physical Anthropology, 1984, pp 13-19 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Oftentimes statisticians and anthropologists communicate ineffectively, the former speaking mathematical language while the latter speak biological language. Therefore it is possible for the two to misinterpret each other’s goals and methods, occasionally resulting, among some biological users of multivariate analysis, in attraction to theory and statistical formulation rather than to morphological understanding or functional interpretation.

Keywords: Canonical Variate; Metrical Variable; Discriminant Function Analysis; Canonical Coefficient; Discriminant Coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6357-3_2

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