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reach different conclusions as to whether two MULTIVARIATE
impressions match. ANALYSIS
1. Identify quantifiable bite pattern characters 1. Enter your data into the Spreadsheet template
that describe the shape, size, and arrangement provided by your instructor.
of a bite impression. Measurements may
include the distance between teeth, the 2. The template will calculate a term representing
distance between a tooth and a baseline, or the the percent difference each wax impression
angle an incisor makes to a baseline. was from the photographed impression using
the values of the characters you input. Record
2. Adequately describe each character on the on your data collection sheet which impression
Data Collection sheet. has the smallest difference.
3. For each impression, measure and record each 3. Compare the impression with the smallest
character. difference with the photograph.
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