The Body data set consists of 507 observations on 24 predictor variables including age, weight, hight and 21 body dimensions. All the 507 observations are on individuals, 247 men and 260 women, in the age of twenties and thirties with a small number of old people. The class variable is gender having two categories male and female.
data(Body)A data frame with 507 observations recorded on the following 25 variables.
Biacrom The diameter of Biacrom taken in centimeter.
Biiliac "Pelvic breadth" measured in centimeter.
Bitro Bitrochanteric whole diameter measured in centimeter.
ChestDp The depth of Chest of a person in centimeter between sternum and spine at nipple level.
ChestD The diameter of Chest of a person in centimeter at nipple level.
ElbowD The sum of diameters of two Elbows in centimeter.
WristD Sum of two Wrists diameters in centimeter.
KneeD The sum of the diameters of two Knees in centimeter.
AnkleD The sum of the diameters of two Ankles in centimeter.
ShoulderG The wideness of shoulder in centimeter.
ChestG The circumference of chest centimeter taken at nipple line for males and just above breast tissue for females.
WaistG The circumference of Waist in centimeter taken as the average of contracted and relaxed positions at the narrowest part.
AbdG Girth of Abdomin in centimeter at umbilicus and iliac crest, where iliac crest is taken as a landmark.
HipG Girth of Hip in centimeter at level of bitrochanteric diameter.
ThighG Average of left and right Thigh girths in centimeter below gluteal fold.
BicepG Average of left and right Bicep girths in centimeter.
ForearmG Average of left and right Forearm girths, extended, palm up.
KneeG Average of left and right Knees girths over patella, slightly flexed position.
CalfG Average of right and left Calf maximum girths.
AnkleG Average of right and left Ankle minimum girths.
WristG Average of left and right minimum circumferences of Wrists.
Age Age in years
Weight Weight in kilogram
Height Height in centimeter
Gender Binary response with two categories; 1 - male, 0 - female
Hurley, C. (2012), `` gclus: Clustering Graphics'', R package version 1.3.1, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=gclus.
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