Table 2. Statistical results of categorical scoring analyses of cancellous bone architecture in bird femora and tibiotarsi vs. bone length.
Element | Feature | Slope | Intercept | r2 | p-value | ICC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Femur | 1 (extent) | 0.004123 | 0.3668 | 0.3846 | 0.0002 | 0.8533 |
2 (orientation) | −0.0061 | 6.5355 | 0.2196 | 0.0245 | 0.8064 | |
3 (association) | 0.00198 | 0.92015 | 0.1577 | 0.0609 | 0.6909 | |
Tibiotarsus | 1 (extent) | 0.001268 | 0.14686 | 0.2263 | 0.0168 | 0.4642 |
2 (orientation) | −0.006 | 6.6016 | 0.2807 | 0.1438 | *** | |
3 (association) | 0.001055 | 1.0996 | 0.2239 | 0.2110 | *** |
Notes:
For features 2 and 3 of the tibiotarsus, an ICC was unable to be calculated, because there was only one specimen in each set that had actually received a numeric score by all five scorers.