ASM 275 EXAM 1QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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