RHEA SEHGAL, BFT-7

RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
MINOR PROJECT

NIFT, NEW DELHI

1/1/2017
MY PROBLEM DEFINITION:

Derive one method of extraction of body measurements through 2D images

for real time data validation (From previous methods of research papers)
Compare those results with the measurements taken manually and analyze
both

RESEARCH PAPER TAKEN (ANNEXURE-9):

Girth prediction of young female body using orthogonal silhouettes

By: Bingfei Gua, Guolian Liu and Bugao Xu
College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou,
China; School of Human Ecology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,
USA
(Received 27 June 2015; accepted 27 February 2016)

RESEARCHERS PROBLEM/OBJECTIVE:

Proposed a new approach to predict girths of young female body with a

dedicated 2D body imaging system
The prediction results were compared with those of the manual
measurements, and examined in a perspective of apparel manufacturing
requirements

VARIABLES IN THE RESEARCH

BIVARIENT ANALYSIS

o Measurements taken from 2D system (Variable-1)

o Measurements taken manually (Variable-2)

RESEARCHERS METHODOLOGY

extracted the silhouettes

attained body widths and depths at relevant landmarks
calculated the depthwidth ratios at these landmarks
classified bodies into subcategories
established a girth prediction model in these subcategories using the width
and depth measurements
LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS
o The predicted girths at the six landmarks were highly correlated with
the manually measured girths (R2 0.86)
T- TEST AND F- TEST

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 o comparison of predicted girths and manually measured girths (no
significant difference observed)

METHODOLOGY USED BY ME

Formation of questionnaire to get hypothetical values of Variable-1, since the

system is not yet developed by me
Checking the hypothesis of Variable-1 by One Way Anova
Taking Manual Measurements of the same people
Checking the regression by Correlation and Regression analysis for both the
metric variables

SCREENSHOTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE

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SOME OF THE RESPONSES WERE AS FOLLOWS:

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DATA COLLECTED (ANNEXURE-1)

32 Sample Size was taken, out of which 31 were found useful, here is the data
collected:

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ONE-WAY ANOVA (VARIABLE ONE) (ANNEXURE-2)

The hypothesis Ha is that Measurements taken from 2D Images can be used in place
of manual measurements, i.e. they show similarity to the respective manual
measurements. For Ha to be true, the P value should be lesser than Alpha (0.05).

Hence, the ANOVA of the values of Variable-1 was done in Excel:

ANNEXURE-2
Ha= Actual Measurements Are Equal to Predicted Measurements

Anova: Single Factor

SUMMARY
Groups Count Sum Average Variance
Column 1 31 412.5 13.30645 0.91129
Column 2 31 1059 34.16129 9.739785
Column 3 31 897 28.93548 6.395699
Column 4 31 918 29.6129 7.378495
Column 5 31 1004 32.3871 11.57849
Column 6 31 1165.5 37.59677 7.973656

ANOVA
Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit
Between Groups 11098.51 5 2219.702 302.8421 1.29E-85 2.26431
Within Groups 1319.323 180 7.32957

Total 12417.83 185

Since P Value is lesser than Alpha Value, Ha is correct.

Here, P-Value = 1.29E-85 and Alpha = 0.05.

So, P-Value <Alpha and Ha is accepted.

Since Ha is accepted, we can now calculate the further correlations.

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CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS

For every measurement (Neck, Bust, Under-Bust, Waist, Abdomen, Hip), Linear
Regression Analysis was done. The procedure for each measurement is as follows:

1. Manual Measurements were termed as X, Measurements by 2D images were

termed as Y. Intercept (A) and Slope (B) values were calculated for X and Y.
Through these, the Regression Line Values (Yc) was calculated.

Yc= A + BX (Regression Line)

2. After this step, the Correlation between X and Y was calculated.

3. After finding the Correlation, the Regression Analysis was done, R Square
value and standard error was identified in each measurement.
4. The Line Fit Plot (Trendline) was made.

After doing the analysis for all the six measurements, a final result table was
obtained.

Here are the screenshots of the Regression Analysis:

NECK (ANNEXURE-3)

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BUST (ANNEXURE-4)

UNDER-BUST (ANNEXURE-5)

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WAIST (ANNEXURE-6)

ABDOMEN(ANNEXURE-7)

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HIP (ANNEXURE-8)

FINAL RESULTS OBTAINED

S.No. Measurement Correlation Value ( R ) Regression (R Square) Standard Error

1 NECK 0.909498383 0.827187309 0.403624783
2 BUST 0.959428149 0.920502373 0.894980134
3 UNDER-BUST 0.901741792 0.813138259 1.111900255
4 WAIST 0.867901953 0.7532538 1.37236852
5 ABDOMEN 0.878157199 0.771160067 1.655593008
6 HIP 0.795580219 0.632947884 1.740019998

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CONCLUSION

The correlation values of every measurement show a high correlation.

Amongst the six, bust measurements showed the highest correlation value and hip
showed the lowest.

Amongst the six, neck measurement showed the lowest standard error of all and hip
showed the highest error. This means that the hip measurements from the 2D images
can be looked after again and the error in other measurements can be reduced.

This project is a mini version of the analysis to be done in the major project i.e. the
graduation project wherein the actual method of extracting 2D images would be
developed using MATLAB and then, the same methodology would be used for
deriving the correlation between the measurement values for the two variables and
the standard error between the two.

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