Exploring relationship in body dimensions

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Heinz, Grete ^a   Peterson, Louis J ^b   Johnson, Roger W ^c   Kerk, Carter J ^d  

^a San José State Univesity ^*  (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Discriminant analysis; Ergonomics; Forensic science; Multiple regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042663468     PISSN: 10691898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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