BGSall {alr4}

Berkeley guidance study

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)

BMI18

Body Mass Index, WT18/(HT18/100)^2, rounded to one decimal.

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 (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.

Examples

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