HSwrestler {PASWR}R Documentation

High School Wrestlers

Description

The body fat of 78 high school wrestlers was measured using three separate techniques, and the results are stored in the data frame HSwrestler. The techniques used were hydrostatic weighing (HWFAT), skin fold measurements (SKFAT), and the Tanita body fat scale (TANFAT). Data are used in Examples 10.11, 12.11, and 12.12.

Usage

HSwrestler

Format

A data frame with 78 observations on the following 9 variables:

AGE
age of wrestler in years
HT
height of wrestler in inches
WT
weight of wrestler in pounds
ABS
abdominal fat
TRICEPS
tricep fat
SUBSCAP
subscapular fat
HWFAT
hydrostatic fat
TANFAT
Tanita fat
SKFAT
skin fat

Source

Data provided by Dr. Alan Utter, Department of Health Leisure and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University.

References

Ugarte, M. D., Militino, A. F., and Arnholt, A. T. (2008) Probability and Statistics with R. Chapman & Hall/CRC.

Examples

attach(HSwrestler)
FAT <- c(HWFAT,TANFAT,SKFAT)
GROUP <- factor(rep(c("HWFAT","TANFAT","SKFAT"),rep(78,3)))
BLOCK <- factor(rep(1:78,3))
friedman.test(FAT~GROUP|BLOCK)
detach(HSwrestler)

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