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Significance of the Classical
Morphological Criteria for
Identifying Gender Using Recent Skulls
Matthias Graw
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Table 1. |
Results Obtained
From Measurements of
Male and Female Features of the Test Group |
|
Feature |
G |
E |
p D 0 |
Correct classification (%) |
Indifference types (%) |
Wrong classification (%) |
|
n |
0
" s |
median |
n |
0
" s |
median |
|
|
|
Angulus |
54 |
3.9"0.9 |
4.0 |
32 |
2.7"0.8 |
3.0 |
< 0.001 |
59.3 |
32.6 |
8.1 |
|
Arcus superciliaris |
58 |
3.8"0.8 |
4.0 |
33 |
1.9"0.9 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
73.6 |
19.8 |
6.6 |
|
Crista supramast. |
57 |
3.9"0.7 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.1"0.7 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
75.6 |
20.0 |
4.4 |
|
Forma orbitae |
57 |
4.2"0.8 |
4.0 |
33 |
3.2"0.9 |
3.0 |
< 0.001 |
67.8 |
14.4 |
17.8 |
|
Glabella |
58 |
4.1"0.6 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.2"1.0 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
79.1 |
17.6 |
3.3 |
|
Inclinatio frontalis |
58 |
3.8"0.8 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.7"1.0 |
3.0 |
< 0.001 |
62.6 |
24.2 |
13.2 |
|
Mandibula overall view |
54 |
3.9"0.7 |
4.0 |
30 |
2.4"0.9 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
71.4 |
19.0 |
9.5 |
|
Margo supraorbitalis |
58 |
3.9"1.0 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.3"1.1 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
68.1 |
20.9 |
11.0 |
|
Mentum |
53 |
4.0"0.9 |
4.0 |
32 |
2.5"1.1 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
67.1 |
21.2 |
11.8 |
|
Planum nuchale |
58 |
3.7"0.7 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.6"0.7 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
63.7 |
26.4 |
9.9 |
|
Proc. mastoideus |
58 |
4.0"0.7 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.4"1.0 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
73.6 |
18.7 |
7.7 |
|
Proc. zygomaticus |
58 |
3.3"0.8 |
3.0 |
33 |
2.2"0.7 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
52.7 |
35.2 |
12.1 |
|
Protub. occ. externa |
58 |
3.7"1.0 |
4.0 |
32 |
2.4"1.2 |
2.5 |
< 0.001 |
58.9 |
26.7 |
14.4 |
|
Tubera frontalia |
57 |
3.8"1.1 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.5"1.0 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
55.6 |
15.6 |
17.8 |
|
Tubera parietalia |
57 |
4.2"0.9 |
4.0 |
33 |
3.1"1.0 |
3.0 |
< 0.001 |
65.6 |
16.7 |
17.8 |
Os zygomat.:
height |
58 |
3.7"0.8 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.8"1.0 |
3.0 |
< 0.001 |
59.3 |
26.4 |
14.3 |
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Os zygmat.: surface |
58 |
3.7"0.7 |
4.0 |
33 |
2.6"0.8 |
2.0 |
< 0.001 |
59.3 |
31.9 |
8.8 |
n = number of skulls examined; 0
" s = median value including standard deviation;
p D 0 = significance level, Mann–Whitney
U-test; median. Features printed in bold guarantee a reliable
number of correct diagnoses (> 70 percent) and an error rate
of less than 10 percent.
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