Table 2. Parameters selected for Discriminant function analysis (DFA) and results of DFA for grouped calls.
Category | Number of calls in DFA | Parameters selected for DFA | Wilks' Lambda | Canonical correlation | Eigenvalue |
unselected/selected | |||||
a) | |||||
Social context (N = 117) | 29/88 | Call duration | 0.553 | Function 1: 0.802 | 1.807 |
Mean fundamental frequency | 0.729 | ||||
Relative amplitude changes/time | 0.631 | ||||
Formant 2 | 0.682 | ||||
b) | |||||
Sex (N = 112) | 28/84 | Jitter (a) | 0.892 | Function 1: 0.590 | 0.533 |
HNR | 0.736 | ||||
Formant 3 | 0.874 | ||||
Duration of tonal parts | 0.753 | ||||
c) | |||||
Males (N = 82) | 21/61 | Maximum fundamental frequency | 0.083 | Function 1: 0.965 | 13.383 |
Formant dispersion | 0.164 | Function 2: 0.912 | 4.925 | ||
Females (N = 28) | 7/21 | Mean fundamental frequency | 0.054 | Function 1: 0.988 | 39.517 |
Formant 2 | 0.027 | Function 2: 0.965 | 13.484 |
N = number of calls per category, (a) indicate that parameter was not used to calculate discriminant functions.