Galton data
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jeremy Freese
Version: View help for Version V1
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Project Citation:
Freese, Jeremy. Galton data. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-07-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E100863V1
Project Description
Summary:
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These are the famous Galton data on the heights of parents and children (where the term "regression" comes from). They are public domain and provided here for teaching or any other use. Uploaded in order to explore functionality of openICPSR.
See: http://galton.org/essays/1880-1889/galton-1886-jaigi-regression-stature.pdf
See: http://galton.org/essays/1880-1889/galton-1886-jaigi-regression-stature.pdf
Scope of Project
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historical data;
body height
Time Period(s):
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1886 – 1886
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