Dear Terry, When you posted this information. I only glanced at it, I didn't give it much thought.
However, I have now had a chance to look at it, and I would like to pose some questions about its reliability. I will confine my remarks to the data on 'Percentile hand breadth across knuckles'. on 1/10/03 9:05 PM, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> > Percentile hand breadth across knuckles > 5th 95th > 66 81 China female > 69 83 Italy female > 70 85 US female > 70 80 France female > 70 90 Netherlands female > 71 85 Poland female > 71 83 Japan female > 71 84 UK female > 72 85 German female > 75 91 China male > 75 95 France male > 75 95 Brazil male > 76 90 Italy male > 78 93 German male > 79 95 UK male > 79 95 US male > 80 95 Japan male > 80 100 Sri Lanka female > 80 100 Netherlands male > 81 96 Poland male > 90 110 Sri Lanka male Data from Netherlands This data appears to have been taken using centimetre measurements and then converted to millimetres (implying a false level of precision) to match the other data. Data from France, Japan male and US female Theis data appears to be derived from a measurement made in centimetres, but without using decimal divisions of centimetres � it looks like binary fractions (halves, quarters, etc) were chosen instead, and then the end result was rounded to the nearest half centimetre. Data from Sri Lanka I simply don't believe this data. My limited experience with Sri Lankan people (< 100) suggests that they are among the smaller people of the world � not the largest. By the way, what happened to the Brasilian ladies? Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
