Table 2.

The effect of size of training set on the classification of shrews

Training	Testing	Validation	All views	Dorsal	Lateral	Jaw	Average
Numbers in percentage %
50	25	25	100	70.0	76.7	61.7	77.1
60	20	20	100	62.5	82.5	68.3	78.3
70	15	15	100	72.5	88.3	85.0	86.5
80	10	10	100	70.8	88.3	76.7	84.0
90	5	5	100	65.8	85.8	75.0	81.7

A series of tests was conducted to estimate an acceptable rate of correct classification for Training data set