gee ...haven't you heard of the "infamous" pulse data set in minitab??? it has
amongst other varibles, heights and weights of 92 college students at penn
state ... how typical these are of adults 18 and older i don't know but ... if
you want those TWO variables, i copied to an excel file and will send to you or
your colleague
here is a bit of analysis on these data
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MTB > plot c7 c6
Plot
- *
-
200+
- * * 2 *
Weight - * * * *
- * *
- * 2 * 2
160+ * * * * *
- 2 3 4 * 3 2 2 3 * *
- * * 2 * 2 * 2
- * 2 2 * *
- * * 4 * 2 2
120+ * 3 2 * * * *
- *2 * * * *
- *
- *
-
------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+Height
62.5 65.0 67.5 70.0 72.5 75.0
MTB > desc c6 c7
Descriptive Statistics: Height, Weight
Variable N Mean Median TrMean StDev SE Mean
Height 92 68.717 69.000 68.784 3.659 0.382
Weight 92 145.15 145.00 144.52 23.74 2.48
Variable Minimum Maximum Q1 Q3
Height 61.000 75.000 66.000 72.000
Weight 95.00 215.00 125.00 156.50
MTB > corr c6 c7
Correlations: Height, Weight
Pearson correlation of Height and Weight = 0.785
P-Value = 0.000
MTB > regr c7 1 c6
Regression Analysis: Weight versus Height
The regression equation is
Weight = - 205 + 5.09 Height
MTB > regr c6 1 c7
Regression Analysis: Height versus Weight
The regression equation is
Height = 51.2 + 0.121 Weight
At 11:25 AM 2/2/01 -0800, Dale Glaser wrote:
>Hi there.....a colleague needs a recent estimate of height/weight
>correlation of adults (age 18 or over)..I've searched the various major
>websites (CDC, etc.), and one huge dataset had weight/height but not
>according to the specs my colleague needed..any datasets that you can
>recommend.........or even a recent finding re: the zero-order correlation of
>height/weight would be very helpful........thank you.............dale glaser
>
>
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