weightheight: Weight/height ratio and ages of boys.

weightheightR Documentation

Weight/height ratio and ages of boys.

Description

Data from an observational study of the relationship between the weight/height ratio and ages of boys.

Usage

weightheight

Format

A data frame with 72 observations and two variables:

ratio:

weight/height ratio (lbs/in)

age:

age (months)

Note

These data are originally from Eppright et al. (1972) and are featured in Gallant and Fuller (1973).

Source

Eppright, E. S., Fox, H. M., Fryer, B. A., Lamkin, G. H., Vivian, V. M., & Fuller, E. S. (1972). Nutrition of infants and preschool children in the north central region of the United States of America. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, 14, 269–332.

Gallant, A. R. & Fuller, W. A. (1973). Fitting segmented polynomial regression models whose joint points have to be estimated. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 68, 144–147.


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