Metacarpal: Estimates of living stature from skeletal remains
In dtkaplan/StatsUsingTechnologyData: Data sets from Kathryn Kozak's textbook
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Description
When anthropologists analyze human skeletal remains, an important
piece of information is living stature. Since skeletons are
commonly based on statistical methods that utilize measurements on small bones.
The following data was presented in a paper in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology
to validate one such method.
Usage
1
Format
A data.frame wherein each row is one skeleton
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length: length of Metacarpal I bone in cm
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height: stature of skeleton in cm
Source
Prediction of Height from Metacarpal Bone Length. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9, 2019, from http://www.statsci.org/data/general/stature.html
References
Musgrave, J., and Harneja, N. (1978). The estimation of adult stature
from metacarpal bone length. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropology 48, 113- 120.
Devore, J., and Peck, R. (1986). Statistics.
The Exploration and Analysis of Data. West Publishing, St Paul, Minnesota.
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Description Usage Format Source References
Description
When anthropologists analyze human skeletal remains, an important piece of information is living stature. Since skeletons are commonly based on statistical methods that utilize measurements on small bones. The following data was presented in a paper in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology to validate one such method.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data.frame wherein each row is one skeleton
-
length: length of Metacarpal I bone in cm -
height: stature of skeleton in cm
Source
Prediction of Height from Metacarpal Bone Length. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9, 2019, from http://www.statsci.org/data/general/stature.html
References
Musgrave, J., and Harneja, N. (1978). The estimation of adult stature from metacarpal bone length. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropology 48, 113- 120. Devore, J., and Peck, R. (1986). Statistics. The Exploration and Analysis of Data. West Publishing, St Paul, Minnesota.
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