GaltonFemale: Height of Children
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GaltonFemale R Documentation
Height of Children
Description
A data set containing data on the height of 433 female children and the
height of both their mother and father.
Usage
data(GaltonFemale)
Details
A data frame with 433 observations on the following variables.
father (height of father in inches)
mother (height of mother in inches)
height (height of child in inches)
Source
Hanley, J.A. (2004). “Transmuting" women into men: Galton's family data on
human stature. The American Statistician, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 237-243.
Accessed on May 21, 2025.
References
https://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/galton/
Examples
data(GaltonFemale)
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Height of Children
Description
A data set containing data on the height of 433 female children and the height of both their mother and father.
Usage
data(GaltonFemale)
Details
A data frame with 433 observations on the following variables.
father(height of father in inches)mother(height of mother in inches)height(height of child in inches)
Source
Hanley, J.A. (2004). “Transmuting" women into men: Galton's family data on human stature. The American Statistician, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 237-243. Accessed on May 21, 2025.
References
https://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/galton/
Examples
data(GaltonFemale)
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