title: Estimation of sex from the talus in prehistoric Native Americans.
abstract: We present both a multivariate discriminant analysis and a univariate procedure to estimate sex from measures of the talus (length, width and height). Both methods are comparable in accuracy (about 85%), but the univariate procedure ispreferred due to its simplicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cavallari
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Sciulli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000885:Anthropology, Physical / Q000379:methods; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D013628:Talus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*