Textile and Apparel Science

Challenges to Examining the Evolution of Measurement Values in Infant Body Sizing: Highlighting the Necessity of Transparent Procedures in ASTM D4910

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Abstract

Analyses of ASTM International body sizing standards help determine how well the current sizing standard serves the different population. However, no previous studies have compared the measurement values from different versions of the same standard to each other. ASTM D4910 Standard Tables of Body Measurements for Infants has the most versions of any ASTM standard (N = 6), making it an ideal data set for an exploratory analysis of what changes have occurred over time for measurement values in body sizing standards. Most measurements in the current version of ASTM D4910 were from the 2008 version. Missing documentation of the size-range shift between the 2007 and 2002 versions made it difficult to determine if any current measurements extended from the 2002 or 1999 versions. This study highlighted the challenge of assessing trends in measurement values between different versions of a standard when the standard's developmental procedures are not fully disclosed.

Keywords: Anthropometrics, Infants, Body Measurements, Body Sizing, Sizing Standards

How to Cite:

Carufel, R. L. & Lee, Y., (2022) “Challenges to Examining the Evolution of Measurement Values in Infant Body Sizing: Highlighting the Necessity of Transparent Procedures in ASTM D4910”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 78(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.13782