2.1: Anthropometric Indicators Measurement Guide - Linkages Project

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Stratified survey - A survey that chooses
participants randomly after they have
been divided into the applicable strata or
sub-groups.
Student’s t-test - A statistical test to
determine if there is a significant
difference in means of a continuous
variable between two groups.
Stunting - A slowing of skeletal growth
that results in reduced stature or length; a
condition that usually results from
extended periods of inadequate food
intake, especially during the years of
greatest growth for children.
Subcutaneous fat - Fat located just
underneath the skin; fat that is used as a
measure of total body fat stores in skinfold
thickness measurements.
Subscapular area - The site just below
the shoulder blade; situated below or on
the underside of the scapula.
Summary statistics - Statistics that are
used to describe the center and spread of
the distribution of a variable; statistics
that usually make up such a summary
include: the mean, standard deviation,
median, variance, mode, total, standard
error, and upper and lower quartiles.
Survey - A method of gathering
information about a large number of people
by talking to a few of them; a way to collect
information on people’s needs, behavior,
attitudes, environment and opinions, as
well as on such personal characteristics as
age, income and occupation.
Systematic sample - A modification of a
simple random sample, that consists of
picking individuals at regular intervals
from a random list.
Tolerated sampling error - The amount
of difference permissible between the
estimate (results from a survey sample)
and the actual value in the population.
Trend assessment - The process of
tracking nutritional progress over time;
examples of nutritional trend assessment
include growth monitoring and
nutritional surveillance.
Trend studies - A type of longitudinal
survey that uses different individuals for
study over time; a study which uses
different households in each survey, but
in which each sample represents the
same general population at different
times.
Triceps - The muscle at the back of the
upper arm; a large three-headed muscle
running along the back of the upper arm
and functioning to extend the forearm.
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