title: [Reliability of statistical methods in anthropology].
abstract: Univariate and multivariate statistical methods are confronted as to their efficiency and objectivity. Similar to the comparison of patients showing chromosomal aberrations or serious diseases with their normal controls, the investigation of various populations can only result in the determination of differences on the basis of features arbitrarily selected, but not in a classification of systematic categories. Objections as to the objectivity of statistical procedures in the field of racial classification are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000145:classification; D013223:Statistics as Topic
vernacular_title: Uberlegungen zur Aussagemöglichkeit von statistischen Methoden in der Anthropologie.