heads.dat {Rfwdmv}R Documentation

Swiss heads data

Description

These data contain six dimensions in millimetres of the heads of 200 Swiss soldiers.

Usage

data(heads.dat)

Format

A data frame with 200 observations on the following 6 variables.

y1
a numeric vector, the minimal frontal breadth.
y2
a numeric vector, the breadth of angulus mandibulae.
y3
a numeric vector, the true facial height.
y4
a numeric vector, the length from glabella to apex nasi.
y5
a numeric vector, the length from tragion to nasion.
y6
a numeric vector, the length from tragion to gnathion.

Details

The data were collected to determine the variability in size and shape of heads of young men in order to help in the design of a new protection mask for the Swiss army.

Source

The data are described by Flury and Riedwyl (1998), p. 218 and also by Flury (1997), p. 6.

References

Atkinson, Riani and Cerioli (2004), p. 592-593; http://www.riani.it/arc.

Examples

data(heads.dat)

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