BGSall                 package:alr3                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     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.

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _S_e_x 0 = males, 1 = females

     _W_T_2 Age 2 weight (kg)

     _H_T_2 Age 2 height (cm)

     _W_T_9 Age 9 weight (kg)

     _H_T_9 Age 9 height (cm)

     _L_G_9 Age 9 leg circumference (cm)

     _S_T_9 Age 9 strength (kg)

     _W_T_1_8 Age 18 weight (kg)

     _H_T_1_8 Age 18 height (cm)

     _L_G_1_8 Age 18 leg circumference (cm)

     _S_T_1_8 Age 18 strength (kg)

     _S_o_m_a Somatotype, a 1 to 7 scale of body type.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     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.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     S. Weisberg (2005).  _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition.  
     New York: Wiley, Problem 3.1.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(BGSall)
     data(BGSboys)
     data(BGSgirls)

