A new test for shape differences when variance-covariance matrices are unequal

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-212

  Lele, S ^a   Cole III, T M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Estimation of form; Estimation of shape; Estimation of variance; Euclidean distance matrix analysis (EDMA); Landmark coordinate data; Monte Carlo; Neandertals; Parametric bootstrap

Indexed keywords

BOOT STRAPPING; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE MATRIX ANALYSIS; LANDMARK COORDINATE; NEANDERTAL; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030512838     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0057     Document Type: Article

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