Curran B K, Weaver D S
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1982 Jul;58(3):343-6. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330580313.
Previous attempts to use the development of the tympanic plate as an aging standard for fetal and infant cranial remains have either produced only a developmental sequence (Anderson, 1960), or a sequence for which age has been estimated using another independent aging standard (Weaver, 1979). Following an evaluation of the first three stages of development of the tympanic plate using a known-age-sample of fetal and infant skeletal remains, a simple test of interobserver agreement, Cohen's coefficient of agreement (Cohen, 1960), is demonstrated using the developmental stages.
以往试图将鼓板的发育作为胎儿和婴儿颅骨遗骸年龄标准的尝试，要么只得出了一个发育序列（安德森，1960年），要么得出了一个使用另一个独立年龄标准来估计年龄的序列（韦弗，1979年）。在使用已知年龄的胎儿和婴儿骨骼遗骸样本对鼓板发育的前三个阶段进行评估之后，利用这些发育阶段展示了一种简单的观察者间一致性检验，即科恩一致性系数（科恩，1960年）。
