R/skull_geometry.R

In speegled/fosdata: Data for use with the book "Probability, Statistics, and Data: A Fresh Approach Using R", by Darrin Speegle and Bryan Clair

#' Skull Geometry
#'
#' Measurements of circumference of skulls of children at various ages.
#'
#' From the authors: "Head injury is the leading cause of fatality and long-term disability for children. Pediatric heads change rapidly in both size and shape during growth, especially for children under 3 years old."
#'
#' @format A data frame with 56 observations of 2 variables. Descriptions of variables are from the authors.
#' \describe{
#'   \item{age_mos}{age of child in months}
#'   \item{circumference_cm}{circumference of skull in centimeters}
#' }
#'
#' @source Li, Zhigang et al. (2016), Data from: A statistical skull geometry model for children 0-3 years old, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p4p62
#' @source \url{https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.p4p62}
#' @source \url{https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0127322}
"skull_geometry"