alr4 (version 1.0.7)

BGSall: Berkeley guidance study

Description

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.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

Sex

0 = males, 1 = females

WT2

Age 2 weight (kg)

HT2

Age 2 height (cm)

WT9

Age 9 weight (kg)

HT9

Age 9 height (cm)

LG9

Age 9 leg circumference (cm)

ST9

Age 9 strength (kg)

WT18

Age 18 weight (kg)

HT18

Age 18 height (cm)

LG18

Age 18 leg circumference (cm)

ST18

Age 18 strength (kg)

BMI18

Body Mass Index, WT18/(HT18/100)^2, rounded to one decimal.

Soma

Somatotype, a 1 to 7 scale of body type.

References

S. Weisberg (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.

Examples

head(BGSall)
head(BGSboys)
head(BGSgirls)