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.
This data frame contains the following columns:
0 = males, 1 = females
Age 2 weight (kg)
Age 2 height (cm)
Age 9 weight (kg)
Age 9 height (cm)
Age 9 leg circumference (cm)
Age 9 strength (kg)
Age 18 weight (kg)
Age 18 height (cm)
Age 18 leg circumference (cm)
Age 18 strength (kg)
Body Mass Index, WT18/(HT18/100)^2 , rounded to one decimal.
Somatotype, a 1 to 7 scale of body type.
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.
S. Weisberg (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.
1 2 3
head(BGSall) head(BGSboys) head(BGSgirls)
Loading required package: car Loading required package: effects Loading required package: carData Attaching package: 'carData' The following objects are masked from 'package:car': Guyer, UN, Vocab lattice theme set by effectsTheme() See ?effectsTheme for details. Sex WT2 HT2 WT9 HT9 LG9 ST9 WT18 HT18 LG18 ST18 BMI18 Soma 1 0 13.6 90.2 41.5 139.4 31.6 74 110.2 179.0 44.1 226 34.4 7.0 2 0 12.7 91.4 31.0 144.3 26.0 73 79.4 195.1 36.1 252 20.9 4.0 3 0 12.6 86.4 30.1 136.5 26.6 64 76.3 183.7 36.9 216 22.6 6.0 4 0 14.8 87.6 34.1 135.4 28.2 75 74.5 178.7 37.3 220 23.3 2.0 5 0 12.7 86.7 24.5 128.9 24.2 63 55.7 171.5 31.0 200 18.9 1.5 6 0 11.9 88.1 29.8 136.0 26.7 77 68.2 181.8 37.0 215 20.6 3.0 WT2 HT2 WT9 HT9 LG9 ST9 WT18 HT18 LG18 ST18 BMI18 Soma 1 13.6 90.2 41.5 139.4 31.6 74 110.2 179.0 44.1 226 34.4 7.0 2 12.7 91.4 31.0 144.3 26.0 73 79.4 195.1 36.1 252 20.9 4.0 3 12.6 86.4 30.1 136.5 26.6 64 76.3 183.7 36.9 216 22.6 6.0 4 14.8 87.6 34.1 135.4 28.2 75 74.5 178.7 37.3 220 23.3 2.0 5 12.7 86.7 24.5 128.9 24.2 63 55.7 171.5 31.0 200 18.9 1.5 6 11.9 88.1 29.8 136.0 26.7 77 68.2 181.8 37.0 215 20.6 3.0 WT2 HT2 WT9 HT9 LG9 ST9 WT18 HT18 LG18 ST18 BMI18 Soma 67 13.6 87.7 32.5 133.4 28.4 74 56.9 158.9 34.6 143 22.5 5.0 68 11.3 90.0 27.8 134.8 26.9 65 49.9 166.0 33.8 117 18.1 4.0 69 17.0 89.6 44.4 141.5 31.9 104 55.3 162.2 35.1 143 21.0 5.5 70 13.2 90.3 40.5 137.1 31.8 79 65.9 167.8 39.3 148 23.4 5.5 71 13.3 89.4 29.9 136.1 27.7 83 62.3 170.9 36.3 152 21.3 4.5 72 11.3 85.5 22.8 130.6 23.4 60 47.4 164.9 31.8 126 17.4 3.0