Reexamination of Statistical Methods for Comparative Anatomy: Examples of Its Application and Comparisons with Other Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics

Table 6

Partial agreement between parametric and nonparametric analyses of the palmaris longus of nonhuman primates. The range of values indicates numerical definition of the groups of the primates based on the parametric and nonparametric analyses in Table 5.

Groups of the primates	Definition of groups based on parametric analysis of the ratios (muscle length/tendon length) (range of ratio)	Definition of groups based on nonparametric analysis of the features; (range of CAI)
Apes	1.0–2.0	0.100–0.036
Old world primates	2.0–2.5	0.036–0.000
New world primates	2.5–4.0	0.000
Prosimii	4.0–6.0