Evaluation of the principal-component and expectation-maximization methods for estimating missing data in morphometric studies

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-296

  Strauss, Richard E ^a   Atanassov, Momchil N ^a   De Oliveira, João Alves ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLIGATOR; CANIS; PTERODACTYLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043205940     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)023[0284:EOTPAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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