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

Table 7

Partial agreement between the two nonparametric analyses (CAI and cladistics) of the palmaris longus in human and nonhuman primates.

	Ce	Hu	Ch	Ba
Nonparametric analysis by CAI
Pronator quadratus	Control species	CAI = 0.375	CAI = 0.000	CAI = 0.000
Flexor digitorum profundus	Control species	CAI = 0.000	CAI = 0.063	CAI = 1.000
Flexor pollicis longus	Control species	CAI = 0.125	CAI = 0.000	CAI = 0.250
GCAI	Control species	0.167	0.020	0.417
Cladistics features of the palmaris longus in features innervation (A), origin (B), insertion (C), and vascularization (D) (0 and 1 indicate absence and presence of primitive features, resp.)
	(ABCD)	(ABCD)	(ABCD)	(ABCD)
Pronator quadratus	(1111)	(0111)	(1111)	(1111)
Flexor digitorum profundus	(0000)	(0000)	(0000)	(1111)
Flexor pollicis longus	(1101)	(1001)	(1101)	(1111)