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Application of multivariate statistics to the problems of upper palaeolithic and mesolithic samples

W. Henke

subject

Multivariate statisticsGeographyDiscriminant function analysisAnthropologyStatisticsPrincipal component analysisUpper PaleolithicSample (statistics)Missing dataMesolithic

description

Multivariate statistics (discriminant function analysis and principal component analysis) have been applied to a broad sample of Upper Paleolithic and mesolithic skulls. In addition to some methodological problems concerning the evaluation of missing data by principal component analysis, we discussed the possibility of misclassifications (14%).

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02436403