Galton's Height Data

Galton's Height Data

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Format

A data frame with 898 cases and 6 variables:

family

The family that the child belongs to, labeled by the numbers from 1 to 204 and 136A.

father

The father's height, in inches.

mother

The mother's height, in inches.

gender

The gender of the child, male (M) or female (F).

height

The height of the child, in inches.

kids

The number of kids in the family of the child.

male

1 if the child is male. 0 if the child is female.

female

1 if the child is female. 0 if the child is male.

Source

Francis Galton, 2017, "Galton height data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T0HSJ1, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:2ty+0YgqR2a66FlvjCuPkQ== [fileUNF]