Title: Multivariate statistical methods in physical anthropology : a review of recent advances and current developments /
Authors: Vark, G. N. van 1931-; Howells, W. W. 1908-2005.
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co. ; Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Statistics as Topic; Anthropology, Physical; Physical anthropology Statistical methods Congresses.
Contents: Interpretation of metrical variables in multivariate analysis / R.S. Corruccini -- Some recent advances in multivariate analysis applied to anthropometry / J.C. Gower and P.G.N. Digby -- Incomplete samples from multivariate normal distributions with the same, known covariance matrix / W.H.V. de Goede -- Use of diversity and distance measures in the analysis of qualitative data / C. Radhakrishna Rao -- Multivariate distances and multivariate classification systems using non-metric traits in biological studies / M. Finnegan and R.M. Rubison -- Generalized distance in familial studies of anthropometrical characters / C. Susanne -- Generalized distance between different thigh-bones and a reference population / E. Defrise-Gussenhoven and R. Orban-Segebarth -- The use of multivariate distances for non-classificatory purposes in anthropobiology / J. Hiernaux -- Interval estimates for posterior probabilities, applications to Border Cave / A.W. Ambergen and W. Schaafsma --^