A new method of relative measures as applied to anthropological material

Abstract

In this paper anthropological quotient indices were subjected to criticism. If in a set of m measurements (P) one undergoes change, m – 1 quotient indices calculated on the basis of m measurements will be changed (when total number of these indices is 0,5 (m² – m)). In the new method as the parameter of given set of data for each individual the mean value of all its measurements is taken. The proposed indices (W_r) are the percentage values of particular measurement when above parameter is equal 100. Values of relative indices (W_r) are not influenced by size of the individual. Moreover calculation of W_r requires less effort than W_i The author has illustrated how W_r works in comparison with W_i and crude measurements (P) on the basis of skull series from Złota Pińczowska, district Pińczów.