Sex diagnosis of Chinese skulls using multiple stepwise discriminant function analysis.
Sixty Chinese skulls (30 males and 30 females) from Liaoning Province of the People's Republic of China were used in this study. Forty-one variables on each skull were measured and one group of 14 and a second group of 5 variables were selected from all the variables by applying multiple stepwise regression on a computer. Discriminant equations for the 14 and 5 variables for sex diagnosis have been obtained and these variables are highly significant. The discriminant rate for the group of 5 variables resulted in accurate sex determination in 96.7% of cases. For the group of 14 variables there was 100% success rate.
Song
H W
HW
Department of Forensic Anthropology, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang.
Lin
Z Q
ZQ
Jia
J T
JT
D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*