women {datasets} | R Documentation |
Average Heights and Weights for American Women
Description
This data set gives the average heights and weights for American women aged 30–39.
Usage
women
Format
A data frame with 15 observations on 2 variables.
[,1] | height | numeric | Height (in) |
[,2] | weight | numeric | Weight (lbs) |
Details
The data set appears to have been taken from the American Society of Actuaries Build and Blood Pressure Study for some (unknown to us) earlier year.
The World Almanac notes: “The figures represent weights in ordinary indoor clothing and shoes, and heights with shoes”.
Source
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975.
References
McNeil, D. R. (1977) Interactive Data Analysis. Wiley.
Examples
require(graphics)
plot(women, xlab = "Height (in)", ylab = "Weight (lb)",
main = "women data: American women aged 30-39")
[Package datasets version 4.4.1 Index]