Richman E A, Michel M E, Schulter-Ellis F P, Corruccini R S
J Forensic Sci. 1979 Jan;24(1):159-67.
Thieme and Schull [16] took measurements of seven postcranial traits from black skeletons of known sex to devise a method for accurately sexing human remains. With a linear discriminant function analysis of the data they obtained a 98.5% accuracy. The research reported here was designed to assess the accuracy of their method in the hands of other investigators using a sample of the same black population and its applicability to other populations of the same and different races. None of the samples used in this study were sexed with the same rate of accuracy either achieved or predicted by Thieme and Schull. However, two samples did reach 91% or better. Such results suggest that the methods employed have considerable value if used with appropriate precautions. Our multiple discriminant function analysis strongly indicates that neither side nor observer techniques affected the results. Sex accounts for a predominant fraction of the total variation among samples and race accounts for most of that remaining.
蒂梅和舒尔[16]对已知性别的黑人骨骼的七个颅后特征进行了测量，以设计一种准确判断人类遗骸性别的方法。通过对他们获得的数据进行线性判别函数分析，其准确率达到了98.5%。本文所报告的研究旨在评估他们的方法在其他研究人员手中，使用相同黑人种群样本时的准确性，以及该方法对同一种族和不同种族的其他种群的适用性。本研究中使用的任何样本都没有达到蒂梅和舒尔所实现或预测的相同准确率。然而，有两个样本确实达到了91%或更高。这些结果表明，如果采取适当的预防措施，所采用的方法具有相当大的价值。我们的多重判别函数分析有力地表明，无论是哪一侧还是观察者技术都不会影响结果。性别在样本间的总变异中占主要部分，而种族则占其余大部分。
