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Table 2 Association between the shape of the palate and the shape of the mandible

From: Mandibular shape prediction using cephalometric analysis: applications in craniofacial analysis, forensic anthropology and archaeological reconstruction

 

Shape of palate

Concave

Convex

Horizontal

All

Shape of mandible

Curved

9

5

21

35

Expected

9.800

8.050

17.150

 

Chi-square

0.0653

1.1556

0.8643

Horizontal

13

3

15

31

Expected

8.680

7.130

15.190

 

Chi-square

2.1500

2.3923

0.0024

Oblique

6

15

13

34

Expected

9.520

7.820

16.660

 

Chi-square

1.3015

6.5924a

0.08041

 

All

28

23

49

100

 

Chi-square

DF

p value

 

15.328

4

0.004

  1. a Significant. DF Degrees of freedom