Stature Estimation and Calibration: Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Perspectives in Physical Anthropology

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 1998, Pages 65-92

  Konigsberg, Lyle W ^a   Hens, Samantha M ^b   Jantz, Lee Meadows ^a   Jungers, William L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Regression analysis; Stature estimation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CALIBRATION; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKELETON; STATISTICAL MODEL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BAYES THEOREM; BODY HEIGHT; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032430313     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(1998)107:27+<65::aid-ajpa4>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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