...MR Dayal, MSc; AB Bidmos, MBBS For many years, sex determination has been carried out on skeletal remains to identify individuals in forensic cases and to assess populations in archaeological cases. Since it has been shown that not all bones are found in a forensic case, discriminant function...

...M A Bidmos, M.B.B.S., M.Sc.; M R Dayal, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. Several studies have shown that osteometric differences exist between different population groups. Thus, discriminant function equations derived for the determination of sex from skeletal elements are population specific. In a previous...

... disaster. Measurements of the calcaneus have been shown to be sexually dimorphic in South African whites. Since the validity of discriminant function equations in sex determination is population specific, the aim of the present study was to derive similar equations for the calcanei of the South African...

... African white population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the degree of sexual dimorphism of the calcaneus of the South African white population sample, derive discriminant function score equations for use in sex determination, and determine the level of accuracy of its sex-determining...

...: young (<30 years), old (≥30 years), and total sample (total group). Stepwise discriminant function analysis showed that the accuracy of sex determination varied from 80% in the young and 74% in the old groups to 78% for the total group. Statistical analysis of the results obtained when the functions...

... edge to the inferior one (SI) and the anterior edge to its posterior edge (AP) were measured with a caliper. The sample was divided into three age groups, “young,” “old,” and “total.” Using discriminant function analysis, three formulae were developed, one for each group. The results indicated that SI...

...JK Kalmey, M.A.; TA Rathbun, Ph.D. Morphometric variables on the human petrous portion of the temporal bone can provide identification of sex in fragmented skeletal remains. The petrous frequently survives circumstances that cause skeletal fragmentation. Using discriminant function analysis...

... for males and 51 for females, this sample represents individuals who lived through WWII. Seven tibial measurements were taken and subjected to SPSS-X discriminant function analysis. Results indicated that proximal and distal breadth measurements were selected by the stepwise procedure as the most...

..., transverse head diameter, epicondylar breadth, upper breadth, and medial condylar length have higher sexual dimorphisms than the dimensions of length. According to the result to stepwise discriminant analysis and the need for sexing fragmentary remains, 22 discriminant functions composed of various...

... physical anthropology human identification musculoskeletal system commingling discriminant function sex determination References London , M. R. and Curran , B. K. , “ The Use of the Hip Joint in the Separation of Commingled Remains ,” paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting...

..., and the combined total and analyzed by means of stepwise discriminant function statistics. It was found that the accuracy of sex determination varied from 82% in the young and 89% in the old groups to 83% for the combined group. However, when a discriminant function formula developed for a different age group...

...M Yaşar İşcan, Ph.D., D.-A.B.F.A.; P Miller-Shaivitz, B.A. The objective of the study was to test whether the shaft dimensions of the tibia were as sexually dimorphic as those of the femur and to develop a new sex determination technique from the tibia. Stepwise discriminant function subroutine...