| % File src/library/datasets/man/women.Rd |
| % Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org |
| % Copyright 1995-2007 R Core Team |
| % Distributed under GPL 2 or later |
| |
| \name{women} |
| \docType{data} |
| \alias{women} |
| \title{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. |
| \tabular{rlll}{ |
| \code{[,1]} \tab \code{height} \tab numeric \tab Height (in)\cr |
| \code{[,2]} \tab \code{weight} \tab numeric \tab Weight (lbs) |
| } |
| } |
| \source{The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975.} |
| \details{ |
| The data set appears to have been taken from the American Society of |
| Actuaries \emph{Build and Blood Pressure Study} for some (unknown to |
| us) earlier year. |
| |
| The World Almanac notes: \dQuote{The figures represent weights in |
| ordinary indoor clothing and shoes, and heights with shoes}. |
| } |
| \references{ |
| McNeil, D. R. (1977) |
| \emph{Interactive Data Analysis}. |
| Wiley. |
| } |
| \examples{ |
| require(graphics) |
| plot(women, xlab = "Height (in)", ylab = "Weight (lb)", |
| main = "women data: American women aged 30-39") |
| } |
| \keyword{datasets} |