There are two scores because on is the projection of the x-coordinates onto a principal warp and the other is the projection of the y-coordinates. In 3D there would also be a projection of the z-coordinate.
It is best not to try to interpret them individually. Their purpose is to span the space of possible shape variation in the selected landmarks - not to provide shape variables that are especially interpretable biologically when taken one at a time. -------------------- F. James Rohlf, Distinguished Professor, Graduate Program Director Dept. Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5345 Web: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/rohlf Morphometrics: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph > -----Original Message----- > From: morphmet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:26 AM > To: morphmet > Subject: Partial warps > > Hi > > How do you interpret partial warp scores in two dimensions, > specially in a biological application? In two dimensions, > there are two scores for each partial > warp. > > Thanks in advance for any comment/advice. > Ruwanthi > > -- > Replies will be sent to the list. > For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org > -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
