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FORDISC

FORDISC is a software program created by Stephen Ousley and Richard Jantz. It is designed to help forensic anthropologists investigate the identity of a deceased person by providing estimates of the person's size, population affinity, and biological sex based on the osteological material recovered. It has been criticised for its low accuracy.

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FORDISC

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Triples24
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related to Databases · 11
FORDISC → FORDISC's, Forensic Data Bank, Holocene, Howell's, Howells, Justice, National Institute, Tennessee, The, The Forensic Data Bank, University
related to External links · 4
FORDISC → BankThe William, Howell's Craniometric Data Set, Support Archived, Wayback MachineForensic Anthropology Data
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FORDISC → Although, However, The
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FORDISC → software program created by Stephen Ousley and Richard Jantz

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FORDISCis asoftware program created by Stephen Ousley and Richard Jantz0.90text
ancestryinstance ofanalyzes specific groups with known membership in discrete categories0.80text
languageinstance ofanalyzes specific groups with known membership in discrete categories0.80text
sexinstance ofanalyzes specific groups with known membership in discrete categories0.80text
tribe or ancestryinstance ofanalyzes specific groups with known membership in discrete categories0.80text
and provides a basis for the classification of new individuals with unknown group membershipinstance ofanalyzes specific groups with known membership in discrete categories0.80text
FORDISCrelated to DatabasesThe0.60section
FORDISCrelated to DatabasesForensic Data Bank0.60section
FORDISCrelated to DatabasesUniversity0.60section
FORDISCrelated to DatabasesTennessee0.60section
FORDISCrelated to DatabasesThe Forensic Data Bank0.60section
FORDISCrelated to DatabasesNational Institute0.60section

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