Statistical power comparisons among alternative morphometric methods

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 463-478

  Rohlf, F James ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EDMA; Inter landmark distances; Kendall shape space; Morphometrics; Multivariate analysis; Power surfaces; Shape coordinates; Tangent space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0034079586     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200004)111:4<463::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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