ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1979
Page Count: 9

Determination of Sex by Discriminant Function Analysis of Postcranial Skeletal Measurements
Richman, EA
Graduate student, graduate student, and assistant professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine,

Schulter-Ellis, FP
Graduate student, graduate student, and assistant professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine,

Michel, ME
Graduate student, graduate student, and assistant professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine,

Corruccini, RS
Research associate, Smithsonian Institution,

(Received 12 April 1978; accepted 1 June 1978)

Abstract

Techniques for accurately determining the sex of skeletal material are invaluable to workers concerned with the identification of human remains. Well-known methods that have been employed include traditional qualitative evaluations of morphological characteristics and statistical analyses of metrical data [1–10]. Some measurements have been found to be more valuable discriminators than others, showing that sexual dimorphism differs according to the measurements [11–15].

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Paper ID: JFS10803J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10803J
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