Ear morphology and morphometry as potential forensic tools for identification of the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba populations of Nigeria

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Table 10 Sex prediction accuracy for population-specific stepwise discriminant analysis

Function	Ethnic group	Variables^a	Correctly predicted (%)
Right ear
13	Hausa	LW, EW	Male: 28/38 Female: 38/51 (74.2%)
	Igbo	LH	Male: 24/38 Female: 42/74 (58.9%)
	Yoruba	CL	Male: 26/55 Female: 35/51 (57.5%)
Left ear
14	Hausa	LW	Male: 30/38 Female: 32/51 (69.7%)
	Igbo	LH	Male: 32/38 Female: 43/74 (58.0%)
	Yoruba	CL	Male: 29/55 Female: 40/51 (65.1%)