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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 months ago (2 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?

[–] Wilzax 23 points 5 months ago

96% of males with a 5'4" mother and a 5'2" father are taller than 5'2"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months 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 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Pepsi lookin' ass chart

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

How about daughters taller than father and sons taller than mother?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I might miss the point, but the height is dependent on both parents genetically, so just comparing mothers with daughters is a bit like the usual "correlation does not equal causation" thingie, or not?

[–] tehevilone 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The X and Y are just labeled weird, both graphs reference father's height has the X and mother's height as the Y

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

Yeah, but there is no graph comparing son vs mother and daughter vs father.

And it seems like an odd thing to omit.

[–] tehevilone 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If I'm reading the referenced link right, the data is from 1886(?), so it's not terribly recent, either.

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

Wow, thanks for checking on that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

yes, 928 children and 205 parents it seems.

wonder how the trend shown here has changed in almost 150 years...

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

Oh, completely missed that, thanks!

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 2 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't the most determining factor here be the height of the chosen partner?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

.dta

~~Are they series?~~ Edit: are they serious?