R/Metacarpal.R

In dtkaplan/StatsUsingTechnologyData: Data sets from Kathryn Kozak's textbook

#' Estimates of living stature from skeletal remains
#'
#' When anthropologists analyze human skeletal remains, an important 
#' piece of information is living stature. Since skeletons are 
#' commonly based on statistical methods that utilize measurements on small bones. 
#' The following data was presented in a paper in the *American Journal of Physical Anthropology*
#' to validate one such  method.
#'
#' @docType data
#'
#' @usage data(Metacarpal)
#'
#' @format A data.frame wherein each row is one skeleton
#'
#' - `length`: length of Metacarpal I bone in cm
#' - `height`: stature of skeleton in cm
#'
#' @keywords datasets
#'
#' @source Prediction of Height from Metacarpal Bone Length. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9, 2019, from http://www.statsci.org/data/general/stature.html
#'
#' @references Musgrave, J., and Harneja, N. (1978). The estimation of adult stature 
#' from metacarpal bone length. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropology 48, 113- 120.
#' Devore, J., and Peck, R. (1986). Statistics. 
#' The Exploration and Analysis of Data. West Publishing, St Paul, Minnesota.  
"Metacarpal"