women {base}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. 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.

Usage

data(women)

Format

A data frame with 15 observations on 2 variables.
[,1] height numeric Height (in)
[,2] weight numeric Weight (lbs)

Source

The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975.

References

McNeil, D. R. (1977). Interactive Data Analysis. Wiley.

Examples

data(women)
plot(women, xlab = "Height (in)", ylab = "Weight (lb)",
     main = "women data: American women aged 30-39")


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