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Multivariate Statistical Methods in Physical Anthropology

A Review of Recent Advances and Current Developments

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  1. G. N. Vark

    1. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  2. W. W. Howells

    1. Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, USA

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • W. W. Howells
    Pages 1-11

  3. Interpretation of Metrical Variables in Multivariate Analysis

    • Robert S. Corruccini
    Pages 13-19

  4. Some Recent Advances in Multivariate Analysis Applied to Anthropometry

    • J. C. Gower, P. G. N. Digby
    Pages 21-36

  5. Incomplete Samples from Multivariate Normal Distributions with the Same, Known Covariance Matrix

    • W. H. V. de Goede
    Pages 37-48

  6. Use of Diversity and Distance Measures in the Analysis of Qualitative Data

    • C. Radhakrishna Rao
    Pages 49-67

  7. Multivariate Distances and Multivariate Classification Systems Using Non-Metric Traits in Biological Studies

    • M. Finnegan, R. M. Rubison
    Pages 69-80

  8. Generalized Distance in Familial Studies of Anthropometrical Characters

    • C. Susanne
    Pages 81-88

  9. Generalized Distance between Different Thigh-Bones and a Reference Population

    • E. Defrise-Gussenhoven, R. Orban-Segebarth
    Pages 89-99

  10. The Use of Multivariate Distances for Non-Classificatory Purposes in Anthropobiology

    • Jean Hiernaux
    Pages 101-114

  11. Interval Estimates for Posterior Probabilities, Applications to Border Cave

    • A. W. Ambergen, W. Schaafsma
    Pages 115-134

  12. Cluster Analysis, History, Theory and Applications

    • F. W. Wilmink, H. T. Uytterschaut
    Pages 135-175

  13. Some Aspects of Allocation and Discrimination

    • N. A. Campbell
    Pages 177-192

  14. Interpretation and Testing in Multivariate Statistical Approaches to Physical Anthropology: The Example of Sexual Dimorphism in the Primates

    • Charles E. Oxnard
    Pages 193-222

  15. A Report on the Heritability of Some Cranial Measurements and Non-Metric Traits

    • Torstein Sjøvold
    Pages 223-246

  16. Improving the Sensitivity, Specificity, and Appositeness of Morphometric Analyses

    • J. G. Rhoads
    Pages 247-259

  17. Towards an Understanding of Data in Physical Anthropology

    • Susan R. Wilson
    Pages 261-282

  18. Data Banks and Multivariate Statistics in Physical Anthropology

    • I. Schwidetzky
    Pages 283-288

  19. Biological Evolution and History in 19th Century Portugal

    • Jean Pierre Bocquet-Appel
    Pages 289-321

  20. On the Determination of Hominid Affinities

    • G. N. van Vark
    Pages 323-349
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About this book

Physical anthropologists, like other research workers, are recognizing that the standard multivariate statistical techniques of recent decades are in need of refinement and greater precision. Increasingly it is felt that more sophisticated methods are called for, specifically designed for the materials and problems at issue. To this end the editors were asked by organizers of the First Intercongress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences to develop a symposium on this general subject. With the title of this book, the symposium was held in Amsterdam on April 23-25, 1981. Invited were mathematical statisticians who were known to have an acquaintance with and interest in anthropological problems, together with anthropologists and human geneticists who consider multivariate methodology essential for their research. This volume constitutes an updated and revised selection from among the papers presented, together with a few supplementary papers by authors who were not present but whose work fills out the intended coverage and makes the volume more complete with respect to the state of affairs in the field. The papers are devoted both to new methodology and to its practical application. Mathematical statisticians may wish to know more about the biological nature and the kinds of materials and samples on which mathematical thinking can be exercised. Anthropologists as practitioners may not be fully aware of the possibilities and limitations in particular mathematical models and methods. Our purpose has been to bring the two groups together, for personal discussions across disciplinary lines as well as within disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    G. N. Vark

  • Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, USA

    W. W. Howells

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multivariate Statistical Methods in Physical Anthropology

  • Book Subtitle: A Review of Recent Advances and Current Developments

  • Editors: G. N. Vark, W. W. Howells

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6357-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1734-4Published: 29 February 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6359-7Published: 22 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6357-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 434

  • Topics: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Statistical Theory and Methods, Anthropology

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