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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics for the variableMorphological Index” (volume/surface)

From: Condylar volume and condylar area in class I, class II and class III young adult subjects

 

Range

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

Variance

Kurtosis

 

Statistic

Statistic

Statistic

Statistic

Statistic

Statistic

Statistic

Std. Error

CLASS II subjects

 

 Morphological Index (right)

1.18

1.35

2.53

2.01

.29

8.445E-02

−. 271

.574

 Morphological Index (left)

2.45

.19

2.64

1.95

.42

.180

3.729

.574

CLASS I subjects

 

 Morphological Index (right)

.68

1.86

2.54

2.21 *

.19

3.762E-02

−.186

.586

 Morphological Index (left)

.51

1.96

2.47

2.17 *

.14

2.152E-02

.081

.586

CLASS III subjects

 

 Morphological Index (right)

.45

1.68

2.13

1.94 *

.18

3.330E-02

−1.521

.586

 Morphological Index (left)

.48

1.72

2.20

2.03 *

.16

2.588E-02

−. 262

.586

  1. Valid N (listwise).
  2. For the right MI: Chi-square = 46.819; p = 0.000 (Kruskal Wallis test with skeletal class as grouping variable); Mann-Whitney U = 585.00; p = 0.000 (for the post-hoc analysis).
  3. For the left MI: Chi-square = 30.226; p = 0.000 (Kruskal Wallis test with skeletal class as grouping variable); Mann-Whitney = 1008.00; p = 0.000.