ASM 275 EXAM 1 Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
What is a forensic anthropologist, and what do increase this.
they do? (Lecture 2, Davis and Halla-Borrelli
article)) - ANSWER -Deals with
skeletonized or decomposed remains for the Inter-observer error - ANSWER -error
purpose of aiding in a legal investigation. resulting in the accuracy of data recorded by
different observers
-Observer experience, use of measuring
Nominal - ANSWER -discrete and equipment that may be calibrated differently, use
discontinuous data that are classified according of different measurement definitions, and training
to some qualitative measure that cannot be methods can increase this
placed in a specific order
Metadata - ANSWER -data that describes
ordinal - ANSWER -discrete data that can other data, doesnt relate
be ranked, counted, and ordered, but not
measured
Incisors - ANSWER -biting teeth in front - 8
total
interval - ANSWER -continuous scale data
that are ordered, quantified, and with exact
differences between the values (it is known). canine - ANSWER -next to inscisors - 4
-0 does not mean the absence of the feature total
being measured, but instead represents the
arbitrary value.
premolars - ANSWER -next to canine - 8
total
ratio - ANSWER -ordered, quantified, exact
known differences between values.
-Has absolute value that is meaningful and not molars - ANSWER -next to premolars - 12
arbitrarily determined. height , weight, head size total
that can be measured are ratio scale data.
deciduous - ANSWER -baby teeth
accuracy - ANSWER -is closeness of the
measurements to a specific value
permanent dentition - ANSWER -adult teeth
(32)
percision - ANSWER -is the closeness of
the measurements to each other
Enamel - ANSWER -hard, outermost layer
of a tooth
intra-observer error - ANSWER -precision
of data recorded by the same observer
-Humidity, lighting conditions, temperature, dentin - ANSWER -Dense tissue forming
observer mood, and tool failure/ calibration can the bulk of a tooth.
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What is a forensic anthropologist, and what do increase this.
they do? (Lecture 2, Davis and Halla-Borrelli
article)) - ANSWER -Deals with
skeletonized or decomposed remains for the Inter-observer error - ANSWER -error
purpose of aiding in a legal investigation. resulting in the accuracy of data recorded by
different observers
-Observer experience, use of measuring
Nominal - ANSWER -discrete and equipment that may be calibrated differently, use
discontinuous data that are classified according of different measurement definitions, and training
to some qualitative measure that cannot be methods can increase this
placed in a specific order
Metadata - ANSWER -data that describes
ordinal - ANSWER -discrete data that can other data, doesnt relate
be ranked, counted, and ordered, but not
measured
Incisors - ANSWER -biting teeth in front - 8
total
interval - ANSWER -continuous scale data
that are ordered, quantified, and with exact
differences between the values (it is known). canine - ANSWER -next to inscisors - 4
-0 does not mean the absence of the feature total
being measured, but instead represents the
arbitrary value.
premolars - ANSWER -next to canine - 8
total
ratio - ANSWER -ordered, quantified, exact
known differences between values.
-Has absolute value that is meaningful and not molars - ANSWER -next to premolars - 12
arbitrarily determined. height , weight, head size total
that can be measured are ratio scale data.
deciduous - ANSWER -baby teeth
accuracy - ANSWER -is closeness of the
measurements to a specific value
permanent dentition - ANSWER -adult teeth
(32)
percision - ANSWER -is the closeness of
the measurements to each other
Enamel - ANSWER -hard, outermost layer
of a tooth
intra-observer error - ANSWER -precision
of data recorded by the same observer
-Humidity, lighting conditions, temperature, dentin - ANSWER -Dense tissue forming
observer mood, and tool failure/ calibration can the bulk of a tooth.
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