Davis: Self-Reports of Height and Weight
Description
The Davis data frame has 200 rows and 5 columns.
The subjects were men and women engaged in regular exercise.
There are some missing data.
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- sex
-
A factor with levels:
F, female;
M, male.
- weight
-
Measured weight in kg.
- height
-
Measured height in cm.
- repwt
-
Reported weight in kg.
- repht
-
Reported height in cm.
Source
Personal communication from C. Davis, Departments of
Physical Education and Psychology, York University.References
Davis, C. (1990)
Body image and weight preoccupation: A comparison between exercising
and non-exercising women.
Appetite, 15, 13--21.
Fox, J. (2008)
Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models,
Second Edition. Sage.
Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2011)
An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition, Sage.