Testing repeatability and error of coordinate landmark data acquired from crania

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 782-785

  Ross, Ann H ^a   Williams, Shanna ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial landmarks; Forensic science; Geometric morphometrics; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SKULL BASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 47349117155     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00751.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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