Estimating sexual dimorphism by method-of-moments

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-206

  Josephson, Steven C ^a   Juell, Kenneth E ^a   Rogers, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation method; Mean method; Method of moments; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029989039     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199606)100:2<191::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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