Height estimation from head dimensions in South-South Nigeria

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 6 Result of simple regression analysis between height and head width in all the ethnic groups

Ethnicity	Group	R	R²	p value	SEE	Intercept	Slope
Bekwara	Combined	0.54	0.29	0.001	5.97	90.160	4.961
	Male	0.56	0.31	0.001	5.98	85.258	5.398
	Female	0.47	0.22	0.001	5.45	106.665	3.731
Esan	Combined	0.35	0.12	0.001	7.81	120.414	3.170
	Male	0.03*	0.00	0.777	7.39	169.058	0.207
	Female	0.33	0.11	0.001	5.28	113.815	3.369
Kalabari	Combined	0.31	0.10	0.001	6.49	118.586	3.289
	Male	0.23	0.05	0.034	6.07	143.242	1.877
	Female	0.40	0.16	0.001	4.55	107.732	3.784
Ogbia	Combined	0.49	0.24	0.001	4.66	86.273	5.415
	Male	0.14*	0.02	0.191	4.84	141.175	1.891
	Female	0.54	0.29	0.001	3.83	91.338	4.977
Urhobo	Combined	0.34	0.11	0.001	7.99	104.68	4.22
	Male	0.04*	0.00	0.658	7.44	171.79	0.10
	Female	0.05*	0.00	0.575	5.69	164.99	− 0.72