Sex diagnosis of Chinese skulls using multiple stepwise discriminant function analysis. |
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| Authors: | H W Song Z Q Lin J T Jia |
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| Institution: | Department of Forensic Anthropology, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang. |
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| Abstract: | Sixty Chinese skulls (30 males and 30 females) from Liaoning Province of the People's Republic of China were used in this study. Forty-one variables on each skull were measured and one group of 14 and a second group of 5 variables were selected from all the variables by applying multiple stepwise regression on a computer. Discriminant equations for the 14 and 5 variables for sex diagnosis have been obtained and these variables are highly significant. The discriminant rate for the group of 5 variables resulted in accurate sex determination in 96.7% of cases. For the group of 14 variables there was 100% success rate. |
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