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Parent/Child Height Relationships - Regression toward the Mean (files.catbox.moe)
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Source of data: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/T0HSJ1

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I don't really understand how to read this, so only 96% of 5' 4" boys are taller than their 5' 2" father? What?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Y=mothers height. X=Fathers height

%=considering the height of both parents what % of girl/boy are taller than their mother/father

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah, got it got it, sorry for my confusion lol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't worry. I was confused as well. This is a case of dataisnotsobeautiful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I think I just needed breakfast before I could appreciate it.

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