BODYFAT2 {regclass}

Secondary BODYFAT dataset

Description

Bodyfat dataset illustrating quirks of statistical significance

Usage

data("BODYFAT2")

Format

A data frame with 20 observations on the following 4 variables.

Triceps

a numeric vector, cm

Thigh

a numeric vector, cm

Midarm

a numeric vector, cm

BodyFat

a numeric vector, 0-100 representing percent

Details

The physical measurements are circumferences of body parts of 25-34 year-old healthy females.

Source

This is a classic dataset found in many textbooks and in many places online. The original source may be Neter, Kutner, Nachtsheim, Wasserman, 1997, p. 261: Applied Statistical Models (4th Edition).