Anthropometry
- noun
- – the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body.
Proportionality Constants
- Proportionality Constants
- Proportionality constants describe the average ratio of a given
body segment length to stature.
- Can be problematic, however, since segment ratios of any
individual are not likely to be “average”.
- The ratios for a given segment vary widely
across individuals within a given population.
- Some measures well correlated (“shoulder height” \(R^2\) = 0.93),
other measures do not (“shoulder breadth” \(R^2\) = 0.15) do not.
- As a result, this is a helpful tool for exploring relationships,
but limits must be acknowledged in real design/analysis.