A list containing the heights of 39 boys and 54 girls from age 1 to 18
and the ages at which they were collected.
Format
This list contains the following components:
hgtm
a 31 by 39 numeric matrix giving the heights in centimeters of
39 boys at 31 ages.
hgtf
a 31 by 54 numeric matrix giving the heights in centimeters of
54 girls at 31 ages.
age
a numeric vector of length 31 giving the ages at which the
heights were measured.
Details
The ages are not equally spaced.
Source
Ramsay, James O., and Silverman, Bernard W. (2006), Functional
Data Analysis, 2nd ed., Springer, New York.
Ramsay, James O., and Silverman, Bernard W. (2002), Applied
Functional Data Analysis, Springer, New York, ch. 6.
Tuddenham, R. D., and Snyder, M. M. (1954) "Physical growth of
California boys and girls from birth to age 18", University of
California Publications in Child Development, 1, 183-364.