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Posterior probability

The probability, returned by FORDISC, that the unknown skull belongs to the classified reference group, given that it must belong to one of the loaded groups. A value of 0.90 means 90 per cent of skulls in the reference sample most similar to the unknown belong to that group.

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Anterior nasal spine (ANS)Discriminant function analysisFORDISCForensic Data Bank (FDB)Howells craniometric databaseMalar tubercleMorphoscopic traitsPopulation affinityTypicality probability

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