Abstract
The effect of random errors in homology on the results of a numerical taxonomic study was investigated. The correlation coefficient was found to be much more sensitive to the effects of these errors than the distance coefficient. These analyses suggest that in a study composed of around 74 characters one could tolerate confusions about homologies in as many as 6 characters, but not very many more. We investigated the effect of errors in determining the homology of characters on the results of a numerical taxonomic study. The study gives an indication of how phenograms, resulting from cluster analysis of correlation and distance coefficients by an unweighted pair group method (UPGMA, see Sokal and Sneath, 1963) change when operational homology is determined at random within a set of characters where the correct homology is less certain.
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