Reliability test of the visual assessment of cranial traits for sex determination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dana Walrath (University of Vermont, corresponding author), Dana E Walrath, Paul Turner (0000-0001-9862-5161, University of Vermont), Jaroslav Brůžek (0000-0002-2478-9662, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 132-137 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.10373 |
| PMID | 15365979 |
| OpenAlex | W2171041712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 87 |
| References cited | 20 |
Interobserver variation in visual evaluation was analyzed for 10 cranial traits in a homogeneous archaeological series. Two observers independently scored cranial traits commonly used for determination of sex. Though determination of sex did not differ significantly for the two observers, individual traits had different levels of interobserver reliability. In addition, indices of relative “maleness” and “femaleness” derived by the two observers differed at statistically significant levels. Because such indices are used in cross‐population comparisons of relative gracility and robusticity of diverse samples, these comparisons should be interpreted with caution when more than one investigator has performed an assessment. Most of our instances of interobserver discordance derived from character traits described in subjective terms without accompanying diagrams. Clarity of definition, rather than number of character traits, was found to be critical for effective determination of sex by the visual assessment method. Use of fewer, more precisely defined character traits can improve interobserver reliability. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Biology · Character (mathematics) · Character traits · CLARITY · Population · Reliability (semiconductor) · Statistics · Demography · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Dento-alveolar lesions and palaeodietary inferences from the Paso Alsina 1 site (eastern Pampean–Patagonian transition, Argentina)
Sexual dimorphism in human facial expressions by 3D surface processing
Sex estimation from cranial morphological traits
A morphometric analysis of prognathism and evaluation of the gnathic index in modern humans
Sexual dimorphism in Southeast Asian crania
Evaluation of discriminant functions for sexing skulls from visually assessed traits applied in the Rainer Osteological Collection (Bucharest, Romania)
Estudio antropologico forense de los restos humanos atribuidos al Apóstol Santiago Alfeo
Craniological series from the graveyard around the “40 Holy Martyrs” church
Mihail Băţ, Angela Simalcsik, Aurel Zanoci, A place of Life and Death. Burials and human bone finds in the Iron Age settlement at Saharna Mare / ”Dealul Mănăstirii”
The Positive Identification of Skeletal Remains from the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Přeštice
Paralysis and severe disability requiring intensive care in Neolithic Asia
San Pedro De Atacama Y La Cuestión Tiwanaku en El Norte De Chile
Eneolitický kostrový pohřební ritus na Moravě ve světle radiokarbonového datování / The Eneolithic inhumation burial rite in Moravia in light of radiocarbon dating
Zhodnocení možností odhadu pohlaví autorů paleolitických nástěnných maleb z otisků ruky
An Son and the Neolithic of Southern Vietnam
Estimating Sex of Modern Greeks Based on the Foramen Magnum Region
Size factor as one of the problems in the sex estimation of skulls
Jaroslav Brůžek. 1er janvier 1949 (Písek) - 23 juillet 2025 (Prague)
Bioarchaeological evidence of violent deaths from medieval Prague
What’s that big thing on your head? Diagnosis of a large frontoparietal lesion on an Eastern Zhou skull from Henan, China
An assessment of sexual dimorphism and sex estimation using cervical dental measurements in a Northwest Coast archeological sample
Living in the dry zone
Endemic treponemal disease in late pre-Columbian prehistory
Inter- and Intra-rater Reliability in Lithic Analysis
Infection in the Tropics
Nonmetric population‐specific sex estimation based on the skull using logistic regression for Flemish samples
A Case of Maternal and Perinatal Death in Neolithic Southern Vietnam, c. 2100–1050 BCE
Re‐analysis of the Levänluhta skeletal material
Testing the accuracy of the SexEst software for sex estimation in a modern Greek sample
Variation and causal factors of craniofacial robusticity in Patagonian hunter-gatherers from the late Holocene
Odontometrics
Analysis of dimorphic structures of the human pelvis
Stature and frailty during the Black Death
A new method for investigating the relationship between diet and mortality
Urban and rural mortality and survival in Medieval England
Sex estimation in a Turkish population using Purkait’s triangle
Determinación del sexo a través de la métrica dental en cazadores recolectores de la transición pampeano-patagónica oriental
Evidencias isotópicas y radiocarbónicas de paleodieta y movilidad en una inhumación del período Formativo temprano (ca. 2400 cal aP) en la Puna de Atacama (norte de Chile)
Life and death in a medieval Nubian farming community
The earthquake casualties from Heraclea Sintica – buried under debris of the portico of the Roman forum
Bones, bites, and burials
Weaving traditions based on activity patterns in a pre-Columbian Diaguita community (AD 900 – 1536) of the semi-arid region of Chile
New Directions in Bioarchaeology
On the relative accuracy of the skull sex estimation
Applying a geometric morphometric surface semilandmark-based approach for assessing sexual dimorphism in cranial bones
Evaluación de la métrica dental para la estimación sexual en restos humanos del sudeste de Pampa y noreste de Patagonia
Sex estimation using humeral and femoral head diameters in contemporary and prehispanic mexican populations
An early modern murder or a mercy killing? Investigation of a skeleton with traumatic injuries from Košice, Slovakia
Stress, sex, and plague
Middle and Late Holocene occupation of a coastal cave in the temperate evergreen rainforest of South-Central Chile, Southwestern South America (40°S)
Pohřebiště starší doby bronzové v Plotištích nad Labem a jejich význam v rámci osídlení regionu
Geographic and sex differences in the 3D configuration of the human parietal bone
Osteoarchaeological evidence for medical dissection in 18th to 19th century Aberdeen, Scotland
Sexual Dimorphism and Personality Attributions of Male Faces
Archaeological human hair in a burial context
Fe and Cu stable isotopes in archeological human bones and their relationship to sex
A geometric morphometric approach to the study of sexual dimorphism in the modern human frontal bone
Sexing skulls using discriminant function analysis of visually assessed traits
Sex differences in periodontal disease in catastrophic and attritional assemblages from medieval london
Ontogeny of robusticity of craniofacial traits in modern humans
Sexual dimorphism in human cranial trait scores
A new method to estimate adult age‐at‐death using the acetabulum
Sexual dimorphism in skeletal browridge and chin morphologies determined using a new quantitative method
Sex differences in adult famine mortality in medieval London
Optimal trait scoring for age estimation
Role of wild plant foods among late Holocene hunter‐gatherers from Central and North Patagonia (South America)
A quantitative approach for sex estimation based on cranial morphology
Multiple Calvarial Lytic Lesions
From the Eurasian steppe to the Lower Danube
D facial reconstruction and 3D printing of women skull from Bronze age, Slovakia
Craniofacial reconstruction of Raphael Sanzio from Urbino
Burial traditions in early Mid-Holocene Island Southeast Asia
Somewhere beyond the sea
On the use of collections with unreliably determined sex and age characteristics in model train-ing for sex determination by traits of the standard craniometric program
SexEst
Redesign of missing mandible by determining age group and gender from morphometric features of skull for facial reconstruction (approximation)
A bolt from the blue
Evidence of Barbarian migrations and interpersonal violence during the Gothic War in sixth-century Tuscany
Living in the middle of the edge
High status diet and health in Medieval Lisbon
Physical Violence and Social Tension in the Atacama Desert
Dimorphisme sexuel du crâne de sujets identifiés (collection Olivier, MNHN, Paris)
The archaeology of early medieval violence
Prehistory and Protohistory in Sicily. A Geometric Morphometrics Approach to Study the Biological History of Early Human Peopling of the Island
Assessment and improvement of sex estimation standards for application in Holocene San and Khoekhoe populations
Analysis of sexual dimorphism of craniofacial traits using geometric morphometric techniques
The limited efficacy of 3D models for teaching students sex estimations based on cranial traits
Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences
Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions
A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
Reliability of Tanner stage assessments in a multi‐center study
A method for visual determination of sex, using the human hip bone
Population variation in sexual dimorphism in the human innominate
Sexual dimorphism and mechanics of the human hip
Reliability of age at death in the hamann‐todd collection
On the systematic bias in skeletal sexing
The contribution of size and shape variation to patterns of sexual dimorphism of the human femur
Accuracy and direction of error in the sexing of the skeleton
Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of crania
Skeletal Biology of Past Peoples
Inter‐observer variation in coding osteoarthritis in human skeletal remains
Accuracy of age estimation from developing teeth of a population of known age (0-5.4 years)
History of Human Life Span and Mortality
| Unique citing works | 87 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,35 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 72 |