Estimation and evidence in forensic anthropology: Sex and race

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-90

  Konigsberg, Lyle W ^a   Algee Hewitt, Bridget F B ^b   Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniometrics; Discriminant function; Likelihood ratio; Model based clustering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CEPHALOMETRY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IOWA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

EID: 66949154012     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20934     Document Type: Article

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