The Difficulty of Sexing Skeletons from Unknown Populations
Table 3
Similarity between results of various methods as measured by Cramer’s values subtracted from unity. Only data for significant similarities between methods are shown. Methods are clustered by greatest similarity.
Method
1 QL
3 QL
7 QO
10 DP
4 QS
9 DP
11 DP
15 DS
6 QO
5 QS
8 DS
13 DL
14 DSPL
12 DM
2 QO
1 QL
0.79
3 QL
0.79
7 QO
0.82
0.67
10 DP
0.68
0.68
0.83
4 QS
0.82
0.76
0.85
0.62
0.63
9 DP
0.68
1.00
0.76
0.77
0.82
0.77
0.75
0.72
11 DP
0.68
1.00
0.76
0.77
0.82
0.77
0.75
0.72
15 DS
0.83
0.76
0.76
0.69
0.73
0.69
0.69
0.66
6 QO
0.76
0.85
0.80
0.75
0.80
0.83
0.85
5 QS
0.67
0.85
0.85
0.71
0.68
0.71
0.75
0.76
8 DS
0.77
0.77
0.69
0.80
0.71
0.93
1.00
0.97
0.94
13 DL
0.82
0.82
0.73
0.75
0.68
0.93
0.95
0.92
0.89
14 DSPL
0.77
0.77
0.69
0.80
0.71
1.00
0.95
0.97
0.94
12 DM
0.62
0.75
0.75
0.69
0.83
0.75
0.97
0.92
0.97
0.97
2 QO
0.63
0.72
0.72
0.66
0.85
0.76
0.94
0.89
0.94
0.97
Q = quantitative/metric methods; D = descriptive/morphological methods. S = skull; L = long bones; M = mandible; P = pelvis; O = other bones.
