women                package:datasets                R Documentation

Average Heights and Weights for American Women

Description:

     This data set gives the average heights and weights for American
     women aged 30-39.

Usage:

     women

Format:

     A data frame with 15 observations on 2 variables.

       '[,1]'  'height'  numeric  Height (in)
       '[,2]'  'weight'  numeric  Weight (lbs)

Details:

     The data set appears to have been taken from the American Society
     of Actuaries _Build and Blood Pressure Study_ for some (unknown to
     us) earlier year.

     The World Almanac notes: "The figures represent weights in
     ordinary indoor clothing and shoes, and heights with shoes".

Source:

     The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975.

References:

     McNeil, D. R. (1977) _Interactive Data Analysis_. Wiley.

Examples:

     require(graphics)
     plot(women, xlab = "Height (in)", ylab = "Weight (lb)",
          main = "women data: American women aged 30-39")

