Sizing for the apparel industry using statistical analysis - a Brazilian case study Page: 4

                                
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Top body portion
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Abdomen circumference(cm)
Figure 1. Scatter graph of the relationship between the height and the abdomen circumference of the
Brazilian women (n=99), derived from the clustering based on the Abdomen-to-Height Ratio (AHR).
4.2 Results of the bottom body portion
The results shown in table 1, for the bottom body portion, show that the majority of women (n=52)
formed cluster 2, of size M.
The second largest cluster was 3 (n=37), corresponding to size S, and, finally, the third was cluster
1 (n=10), representing size L.
In the same way as with the results obtained for the top body portion, clusters 1 and 2 presented a
similar height (P>0,05), but differed in the measurement of the hip circumference (P<0,05).
Cluster 3 (S) was composed of taller women, however, with smaller measurements concerning the
hip circumference than the other clusters
A scatter graph displaying the relationship between the height and the hip circumference is shown
in Figure 2.
Bottom body portion
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ip circurnferencc cm
Figure 2. Scatter graph of the relationship between the height and the hip circumference of the
Brazilian women (n=99), derived from the clustering based on the Hip-to-Height Ratio (HHR).

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