Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Male Egyptian skulls

Keywords:

Categories:

multivariate analysis;
social

Description:

The data give four measurements made on male Egyptian skulls from the area of Thebes.

There are 30 samples from five different time periods.

Variables:

MB	Maximum breadth (in mm)
BH	basibregmatic height (in mm)
BL	basialvelar length (in mm)
NH	nasal height (in mm)
Year	the approximate year from which the skull comes
Period	the approximate period from which the skull comes: One of Early.P (early predynastic), Late.P (late predynastic), Dyn.12.13 (dynasties of the 12th and 13th centuries), Ptolemaic (Ptolemaic period) or Roman (Roman period).

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Manly, Bryan FJ (1994). Multivariate Statistical Methods second edition, London: Chapman and Hall.

Notes:

The measurements are explained in Manly, p6, Figure 1.1.

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