[R] father and son heights

Rolf Turner rolf at math.unb.ca
Sun Feb 15 20:43:12 CET 2004


Marc Schwartz wrote:

> Found it here:
> 
> http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/users/juliab/141C/pearson.dat
> 
> It consists of 1,078 pairs of father (col 1) and son (col 2) paired
> data.  Used to not only show Pearson correlation, but also used to
> demonstrate Regression to the Mean, or as Galton called it, Regression
> Towards Mediocrity.

Whoops.  I guess I jumped to an unwarrented conclusion when I
found the Galton data set.

Sorry 'bout that folks!

				cheers,

					Rolf Turner
					rolf at math.unb.ca




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