Stephen Ousley
Biographic Data
| ID | 139400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Ousley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Ousley |
| SIGNATURE | OUSLEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Computing and Information Science Mercyhurst University Erie Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Using Multivariate Analysis within the Vertebral Column to Identify Individual Vertebrae
This article demonstrates the utility of a multivariate analysis of vertebrae in an applied context. The human vertebral column is a morphologically complex group of elements. Current methods rely on morphological characteristics to classify isolated vertebrae qualitatively. This research provides a bridge between morphological assumptions for vertebral designations and quantitative classification. These osteometric methods and statistical analys…
MaMD Analytical 1.0
We outline the functionalities and application of MaMD Analytical-a new, freely available software package for the estimation of population affinity using human cranial macromorphoscopic (MMS) traits. MaMD Analytical captures MMS scores using line drawings following the procedures outlined by Hefner and Linde (2018). MaMD Analytical generates classifications (with estimated likelihoods) into forensically significant populations using an artificia…
Second Revolution in Forensic Anthropology
This article tells the story of Steve Ousley's vision for skeletal data in anthropology: an update to the Forensic Data Bank for the twenty-first century, based on the Commingled Remains Analytics (CoRA) ecosystem, with the aim of accumulating high-quality "big data" and harnessing artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms for research, casework, and education. We share our recollections of events leading up to a meeting of the minds at…
"Testing the Homogeneity of "White
The purpose of estimating each part of the biological profile is to reduce the number of missing persons for comparison with unknown human remains. To serve this purpose each part must: 1) derive from information garnered from the remains, and 2) provide information that missing person's community will generally agree describes them. Observer and statistical error, sampling error, and the disconnect between biological and social categories are al…
Response to multivariate ordinal probit analysis in the skeletal assessment of sex (Konigsberg and Frankenberg)
Brief communication
The robustness index (RI) is determined by multiplying dental mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters, and is used to estimate occlusal area. However, because teeth are not rectangular its calculation consistently causes overestimations. Moreover, teeth, in particular molars, are not identically shaped so overestimations vary. The current study seeks to determine the extent to which overestimations are affected by tooth shape and to improve RI's e…
Comments on Schillaci & Bustard
Understanding race and human variation
American forensicanthropologists uncritically accepted the biological race concept from classic physical anthropology and applied it to methods of human identification. Why and how the biological race concept might work in forensic anthropology was contemplated by Sauer (Soc Sci Med 34 1992 107–111), who hypothesized that American forensic anthropologists are good at what they do because of a concordance between social race and skeletal morpholog…
Understanding race and human variation
American forensicanthropologists uncritically accepted the biological race concept from classic physical anthropology and applied it to methods of human identification. Why and how the biological race concept might work in forensic anthropology was contemplated by Sauer (Soc Sci Med 34 1992 107–111), who hypothesized that American forensic anthropologists are good at what they do because of a concordance between social race and skeletal morpholog…
Response to multivariate ordinal probit analysis in the skeletal assessment of sex (Konigsberg and Frankenberg)
Understanding race and human variation
American forensicanthropologists uncritically accepted the biological race concept from classic physical anthropology and applied it to methods of human identification. Why and how the biological race concept might work in forensic anthropology was contemplated by Sauer (Soc Sci Med 34 1992 107–111), who hypothesized that American forensic anthropologists are good at what they do because of a concordance between social race and skeletal morpholog…
Comments on Schillaci & Bustard
Brief communication
The robustness index (RI) is determined by multiplying dental mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters, and is used to estimate occlusal area. However, because teeth are not rectangular its calculation consistently causes overestimations. Moreover, teeth, in particular molars, are not identically shaped so overestimations vary. The current study seeks to determine the extent to which overestimations are affected by tooth shape and to improve RI's e…
Response to multivariate ordinal probit analysis in the skeletal assessment of sex (Konigsberg and Frankenberg)
"Testing the Homogeneity of "White
The purpose of estimating each part of the biological profile is to reduce the number of missing persons for comparison with unknown human remains. To serve this purpose each part must: 1) derive from information garnered from the remains, and 2) provide information that missing person's community will generally agree describes them. Observer and statistical error, sampling error, and the disconnect between biological and social categories are al…
Using Multivariate Analysis within the Vertebral Column to Identify Individual Vertebrae
This article demonstrates the utility of a multivariate analysis of vertebrae in an applied context. The human vertebral column is a morphologically complex group of elements. Current methods rely on morphological characteristics to classify isolated vertebrae qualitatively. This research provides a bridge between morphological assumptions for vertebral designations and quantitative classification. These osteometric methods and statistical analys…
MaMD Analytical 1.0
We outline the functionalities and application of MaMD Analytical-a new, freely available software package for the estimation of population affinity using human cranial macromorphoscopic (MMS) traits. MaMD Analytical captures MMS scores using line drawings following the procedures outlined by Hefner and Linde (2018). MaMD Analytical generates classifications (with estimated likelihoods) into forensically significant populations using an artificia…
Second Revolution in Forensic Anthropology
This article tells the story of Steve Ousley's vision for skeletal data in anthropology: an update to the Forensic Data Bank for the twenty-first century, based on the Commingled Remains Analytics (CoRA) ecosystem, with the aim of accumulating high-quality "big data" and harnessing artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms for research, casework, and education. We share our recollections of events leading up to a meeting of the minds at…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (4 works) · History (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Morphological variations and asymmetry (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Data science (2 works)