PELVIS (version 2.0.4)

add_metavars: Add the five Bruzek's main characters to a dataframe containing the eleven basic traits.

Description

From a given dataset including the 11 visual traits exposed by Bruzek (2002), this function adds three corresponding main characters (PrSu, GrSN and InfP) based on the majority rule exposed in the original article.

Usage

add_metavars(dat)

Value

A dataframe including also the main characters derived from those visual traits.

Arguments

dat

A dataframe including the 11 visual traits described by Bruzek.

Author

Frédéric Santos, <[e-mail]>

References

Bruzek, J. (2002) A method for visual determination of sex, using the human hip bone. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 117, 157--168. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.10012

Examples

# Load a dataset:
data(CTscanDataBruzek)
# Visualize the traits:
head(CTscanDataBruzek)
# Add all the main Bruzek's characters:
complete <- add_metavars(CTscanDataBruzek)
head(complete)