title: Reexamination of Statistical Methods for Comparative Anatomy: Examples of Its Application and Comparisons with Other Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics.
abstract: Various statistical methods have been published for comparative anatomy. However, few studies compared parametric and nonparametric statistical methods. Moreover, some previous studies using statistical method for comparative anatomy (SMCA) proposed the formula for comparison of groups of anatomical structures (multiple structures) among different species. The present paper described the usage of SMCA and compared the results by SMCA with those by parametric test (t-test) and nonparametric analyses (cladistics) of anatomical data. In conclusion, the SMCA can offer a more exact and precise way to compare single and multiple anatomical structures across different species, which requires analyses of nominal features in comparative anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Brasilia, Darcy Ribeiro Campus, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil ; Laboratory of Neuroscience and Behavior, Department of Physiology, University of Brasilia, Darcy Ribeiro Campus, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil ; Department of System Emotional Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
authors.forename: Roqueline A G M F
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Aversi-Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Department of System Emotional Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishijo
authors.affiliation: Department of System Emotional Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
authors.forename: Tales Alexandre
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Aversi-Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000717:Anatomy, Comparative / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011323:Primates; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric