Reanalysis of the Trotter Tibia Quandary and its Continued Effect on Stature Estimation of Past‐Conflict Service Members
| Autor: | Andrea Palmiotto, Franklin E. Damann, Heli Maijanen, Carrie Brown, Jeffrey James Lynch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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forensic science 01 natural sciences Bone and Bones Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Statistics Genetics Humans 030216 legal & forensic medicine Point estimation Tibia Estimation Models Statistical 010401 analytical chemistry Forensic anthropology Service member stature estimation Trotter Body Height United States 0104 chemical sciences Fordisc Military Personnel correction factors Forensic Anthropology tibia |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Sciences. 64:171-174 |
| ISSN: | 1556-4029 0022-1198 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1556-4029.13806 |
| Popis: | Forensic casework from past‐conflicts relies on the corrected historical Trotter data for stature estimation in Fordisc. For roughly 10 years’, stature estimation using this data has produced point estimates for the tibia that are on average 1.25 inches less than the other long bones. This issue was identified after applying the equations derived from Fordisc to the USS Oklahoma commingled assemblage. Reevaluation of Fordisc revealed that a correction factor of 20 mm, instead of 10 mm, was mistakenly applied to the Trotter tibia data. Historical forensic anthropology reports written at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency were utilized to identify that the overcorrection is isolated to Fordisc 3 with an error rate of 5% of known antemortem statures falling outside of the prediction intervals that relied on the tibia. Further evaluation of the Oklahoma sample indicates the 10 mm correction is still producing point estimates less than the other long bones. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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