Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Body dimensions

Keywords:

body

Categories:

biology;
multivariate data, regression

Description:

The data give 21 body dimension measurements as well as age, weight, height, and gender on 507 individuals. The 247 men and 260 women were primarily individuals in their twenties and thirties, with a scattering of older men and women, all exercising several hours a week.

There are 507 observations on 25 variables.

Variables:

For a full description, see the original source.

biacromial	Biacromial diameter (in cm)
pelvic.breadth	Biiliac diameter, or pelvic breadth (in cm)
bitrochanteric	Bitrochanteric diameter (in cm)
chest.depth	Chest depth (in cm)
chest.diam>	Chest diameter (in cm)
elbow.diam	Elbow diameter (in cm)
wrist.diam	Wrist diameter (in cm)
knee.diam	Knee diameter (in cm)
ankle.diam	Ankle diameter (in cm)
shoulder.girth	Shoulder girth (in cm)
chest.girth	Chest girth (in cm)
waist.girth	Waist girth (in cm)
navel.girth	Navel girth (in cm)
hip.girth	Hip girth (in cm)
thigh.girth	Thigh girth (in cm)
bicep.girth	Bicep girth (in cm)
forearm.girth	Forearm girth (in cm)
knee.girth	Knee girth (in cm)
calf.girth	Calf girth (in cm)
ankle.girth	Ankle girth (in cm)
wrist.girth	Wrist girth (in cm)
age	Age (in years)
weight	Weight (in kg)
height	Height (in cm)
gender	Gender; 1 for males and 0 for females

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Grete Heinz, Louis J. Peterson, Roger W. Johnson, and Carter J. Kerk. Exploring relationships in body dimensions. Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 11, Number 2.

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