Table 3. Stepwise discriminant function analysis for locomotor group using five femoral head trabecular bone variables.
| Predicted group membership | |||||||||
| Locomotorgroup | n | Biped | Terrestrial quad | Arboreal quad | Arboreal quad-climber | Quadrumanous climber | Brachiator | Terrestrial quad-climber | %correct |
| Biped | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 |
| Terrestrial quad | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 |
| Arboreal quad | 40 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Arboreal quad-climber | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92.3 |
| Quadrumanous, climber | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Brachiator | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Terrestrial quad- climber | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 100.0 |
Classification results (total correct = 73.9%).
Biped: Homo; Terrestrial quadruped: Papio; Arboreal quadruped: Macaca, Trachypithecus; Arboreal quadruped-climber: Alouatta; Quadrumanous climber: Pongo; Brachiator: Symphalangus; Terrestrial quadruped-climber: Pan.