Suchey J M
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1979 Sep;51(3):467-70. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330510319.
The Gilbert-McKern method for aging the female Os pubis has attained popularity following Gilbert's ('73) demonstration that the McKern-Stewart male standards are not directly applicable to females. In order to assess the reliability of the method, forensic anthropologists were asked to age a set of 11 pubes of known age. There was a great deal of variability in the responses of the 23 participants. Three, four, and five different responses (out of a 6-scale system) were given for each component of each pubic bone. Only 51% of the assessments yielded age ranges which would include the known age of the specimens. Analysis of the errors showed that one of the focal problems of the Gilbert-McKern system was the difficulty in judging whether the ventral rampart was building up or breaking down.
吉尔伯特 - 麦肯方法用于判断女性耻骨的年龄，自吉尔伯特（1973年）证明麦肯 - 斯图尔特男性标准不适用于女性后，该方法开始流行。为评估该方法的可靠性，法医人类学家被要求对一组11块已知年龄的耻骨进行年龄判断。23名参与者的回答存在很大差异。每块耻骨的每个组成部分都有三、四或五种不同的回答（在一个6级系统中）。只有51%的评估得出的年龄范围包含标本的已知年龄。对误差的分析表明，吉尔伯特 - 麦肯系统的一个核心问题是难以判断腹侧壁垒是在形成还是在破坏。
