Table 2. Results of Student’s t-tests performed on cyclical growth mark and diaphyseal circumference measurements of paired homologous elements.
Tests were performed on cyclical growth mark and diaphyseal circumference measurements of paired homologous elements. MOR, Museum of the Rockies, Montana, USA.
| Specimen number |
Skeletal element |
Mean difference between circumferences (mm) |
Standard deviation |
Number (n) of paired circumferences |
P-value | Confidence level |
Reject null hypothesis? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOR-OST 1648 | Coracoid | 0.59 | 0.60 | 3 | 0.23 | 1.48 | No |
| Fibula | 0.16 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.33 | No | |
| Femur | 0.16 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 | 0.03 | No | |
| Humerus | 0.10 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.34 | 0.75 | No | |
| Radius | 0.02 | 0.11 | 4 | 0.77 | 0.17 | No | |
| Tibia | 0.07 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.14 | No | |
| Ulna | 0.03 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.35 | 0.11 | No | |
| MOR-OST 1649 | Coracoid | 0.21 | 0.24 | 3 | 0.28 | 0.60 | No |
| Fibula | 0.11 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.27 | 0.25 | No | |
| Femur | 0.57 | 0.51 | 4 | 0.11 | 0.81 | No | |
| Humerus | 0.00 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.99 | 0.29 | No | |
| Scapula | 1.38 | 0.46 | 2 | 0.15 | 4.11 | No | |
| Tibia | 0.05 | 0.26 | 4 | 0.74 | 0.42 | No | |
| Ulna | 0.00 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.99 | 0.23 | No | |
| MOR-OST 1650 | Fibula | 0.14 | 0.17 | 5 | 0.14 | 0.22 | No |
| Femur | 0.36 | 0.88 | 5 | 0.41 | 1.09 | No | |
| Humerus | 0.09 | 0.12 | 5 | 0.17 | 0.15 | No | |
| Radius | 0.00 | 0.62 | 6 | 1.00 | 0.58 | No | |
| Tibia | 0.55 | 0.30 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.48 | Yes | |
| Ulna | 0.27 | 0.10 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.12 | Yes |