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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2009 Jun 10;42(12):2000–2005. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.006

Table 4.

Comparison of the coefficient of determination (r2) between single regression with palpable length and stepwise multiple regression.

Dependent Variable Analysis 1 Analysis 2 Percent
Improvement
Total length (SD) 0.93 0.95 2.1%
Hip length (SD) 0.27 0.55 50.9%
Shaft length (SD) 0.92 0.93 1.1%
Distal length (SD) 0.31 0.57 45.6%
Distal Width (SD) 0.25 1.00 75.0%
Femoral Depth (SD) 0.22 0.61 63.9%