

women {base}                                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

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

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     data(women)

_F_o_r_m_a_t_:

     A data frame with 15 observations on 2 variables.

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

_S_o_u_r_c_e_:

     The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s_:

     McNeil, D. R. (1977).  Interactive Data Analysis.
     Wiley.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

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

