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. 2017 May 16;7:1964. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01899-7

Table 7.

Functions obtained from stepwise discriminant analysis based on the morphometrics of the cranium, mandible, skull and scapula, and classification results for predicting habitat.

Bone Variable Function coefficients Habitats Percentage of predictiona Accuracy Precision
Andaman Sea Gulf of Thailand
Cranium PW/BBC 10.616 Andaman Sea 96.2 3.8 93.8 89.7
PA/CBL 2.848 Gulf of Thailand 16.7 83.3
PA/CrNL 0.045
IW/PH 9.425
PAW/ZAL 21.732
(Constant) −35.429
Mandible CL/CW 5.111 Andaman Sea 96.8 3.2 97.3 92.8
CL/MAW −1076.756 Gulf of Thailand 0 100
MIML/MAW 273.618
MSW/MAW −155.062
CL/MIML 940.45
CL/MSW −187.425
(Constant) −111.092
Skull CrNL/CRL 163.055 Andaman Sea 100 0 100 100
PA/CRL −15.284 Gulf of Thailand 0 100
PW/CRW −105.309
IH/IW 173.012
IW/NCW 114.274
NCW/PW 50.157
CaPMH/ZPW 36.154
PL/ZW −8.489
MWM1/BML −4772.791
CL/CW −61.507
CH/MA1 732.804
MNW/MAW 1075.451
MA1/MH 19.541
BMW/MIML −473.96
MWM1/MNW 463.435
ML/MWM1 −9.99
(Constant) 22.908
Scapula SNW/SN 2.352 Andaman Sea 76.40 23.60 73.7 61.5
SGH/SN 3.427 Gulf of Thailand 50 50
(Constant) −9.510

aCross-validation is done only for those cases in the analysis. In cross-validation, each case is classified by the functions derived from all cases other than that case.