Multivariate Distances and Multivariate Classification Systems Using Non-Metric Traits in Biological Studies

M. Finnegan and R. M. Rubison
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M. Finnegan: Kansas State University, Osteology Laboratory
R. M. Rubison: Kansas State University, Department of Statistics

A chapter in Multivariate Statistical Methods in Physical Anthropology, 1984, pp 69-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Multivariate statistical measures of biological distance utilizing non-metric traits on the human cranium was first explored by Berry and Berry (1967) utilizing the multivariate statistics developed by C.A.B. Smith and known as the Grewal-Smith statistic (Grewal, 1962). By 1975 attempts were being made in the classification of human crania by means of non-metric traits in order to assign one or some few individuals into a parent or larger group (SjØvold, 1975; Finnegan, 1975). However, these first attempts at classification utilized very cumbersome statistics (hypergeometric probabilities), and the methods had a high rate of mis-classification. The “tally” method (Anderson, 1968) was also utilized, but did not provide the accuracy in classification that Anderson had originally achieved.

Keywords: Skeletal Remains; Physical Anthropology; Linear Discriminate Function; Odocoileus Virginianus; Intraobserver Error (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6357-3_6

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