Independence of data points in the measurement of hand preferences in primates: Statistical problem or urban myth?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-157

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

handedness; methods; nonhuman primates; statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HAND; HANDEDNESS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMATES;

EID: 84876465597     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22248     Document Type: Article

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