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Technical note: A method for assignment of the weight of characters
Author(s) -
Muzzio M.,
Muzzio J.C.,
Bravi C.M.,
Bailliet G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.21366
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , scale (ratio) , population , body weight , computer science , mathematics , statistics , artificial intelligence , biology , geography , demography , cartography , sociology , geometry , endocrinology
The weight of characters is a crucial step in different population analyses. We propose a new formula to facilitate this while establishing a scale that follows the criteria of the probability of change in each character. This method is described for drawing of median‐joining networks, yet it could also be used for other methods in which the weight of the characters is required. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.