BGSall: Berkeley guidance study

In alr3: Data to Accompany Applied Linear Regression 3rd Edition

Description

Data from the Berkeley guidance study of children born in 1928-29 in Berkeley, CA. BGSall contains all the data, BGSboys the boys only, and BGSgirls the girls only.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Sex

0 = males, 1 = females

WT2

Age 2 weight (kg)

HT2

Age 2 height (cm)

WT9

Age 9 weight (kg)

HT9

Age 9 height (cm)

LG9

Age 9 leg circumference (cm)

ST9

Age 9 strength (kg)

WT18

Age 18 weight (kg)

HT18

Age 18 height (cm)

LG18

Age 18 leg circumference (cm)

ST18

Age 18 strength (kg)

Soma

Somatotype, a 1 to 7 scale of body type.

Source

Tuddenham, R. D. and Snyder, M. M. (1954). Physical Growth of California Boys and Girls from Birth to Eighteen years. Univ. of Calif. Publications in Child Development, 1, 183-364.

References

S. Weisberg (2005). Applied Linear Regression, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley, Problem 3.1.

Examples

head(BGSall)
head(BGSboys)
head(BGSgirls)

Example output

Loading required package: car
  Sex  WT2  HT2  WT9   HT9  LG9 ST9  WT18  HT18 LG18 ST18 Soma
1   0 13.6 90.2 41.5 139.4 31.6  74 110.2 179.0 44.1  226  7.0
2   0 12.7 91.4 31.0 144.3 26.0  73  79.4 195.1 36.1  252  4.0
3   0 12.6 86.4 30.1 136.5 26.6  64  76.3 183.7 36.9  216  6.0
4   0 14.8 87.6 34.1 135.4 28.2  75  74.5 178.7 37.3  220  2.0
5   0 12.7 86.7 24.5 128.9 24.2  63  55.7 171.5 31.0  200  1.5
6   0 11.9 88.1 29.8 136.0 26.7  77  68.2 181.8 37.0  215  3.0
  Sex  WT2  HT2  WT9   HT9  LG9 ST9  WT18  HT18 LG18 ST18 Soma
1   0 13.6 90.2 41.5 139.4 31.6  74 110.2 179.0 44.1  226  7.0
2   0 12.7 91.4 31.0 144.3 26.0  73  79.4 195.1 36.1  252  4.0
3   0 12.6 86.4 30.1 136.5 26.6  64  76.3 183.7 36.9  216  6.0
4   0 14.8 87.6 34.1 135.4 28.2  75  74.5 178.7 37.3  220  2.0
5   0 12.7 86.7 24.5 128.9 24.2  63  55.7 171.5 31.0  200  1.5
6   0 11.9 88.1 29.8 136.0 26.7  77  68.2 181.8 37.0  215  3.0
  Sex  WT2  HT2  WT9   HT9  LG9 ST9 WT18  HT18 LG18 ST18 Soma
1   1 13.6 87.7 32.5 133.4 28.4  74 56.9 158.9 34.6  143  5.0
2   1 11.3 90.0 27.8 134.8 26.9  65 49.9 166.0 33.8  117  4.0
3   1 17.0 89.6 44.4 141.5 31.9 104 55.3 162.2 35.1  143  5.5
4   1 13.2 90.3 40.5 137.1 31.8  79 65.9 167.8 39.3  148  5.5
5   1 13.3 89.4 29.9 136.1 27.7  83 62.3 170.9 36.3  152  4.5
6   1 11.3 85.5 22.8 130.6 23.4  60 47.4 164.9 31.8  126  3.0

alr3 documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:39 a.m.