ANALYZING CROSS-SECTIONAL ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA

This paper provides a detailed account, with examples, of the types of statistical analyses which can be carried out on cross-sectional anthropometric data. For continuous characters the analyses described cover t-test, one-way analysis of variance, more complex analysis of variance with covariates; testing for curvilinearity; regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. For discrete characters the analyses include chi-square, odds ratios, sensitivity and specificity, logistic regression and discriminant analyses.