A statistical test for differences in sexual dimorphism between populations.

Abstract:

:Many studies involve comparison of measures of sexual dimorphism between two samples. This comparison is used to test a variety of hypotheses, such as changing environmental conditions. Methods for testing the significance of the difference between two populations tend to be complex, and/or require access to complete original data. We offer a simplified approach which is based on a linear regression model using dummy variables. Our method is computationally simple and can be used with summary statistics (sample size, means, standard deviations) instead of raw data. We present three examples of the application of our method to problems in physical anthropology. We also note that our method has a broader range of applications apart from that of sexual dimorphism.

journal_name

Am J Phys Anthropol

authors

Relethford JH,Hodges DC

doi

10.1002/ajpa.1330660105

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-01-01 00:00:00

pages

55-61

issue

1

eissn

0002-9483

issn

1096-8644

journal_volume

66

pub_type

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