Pearson's Height Data

Description

The table below gives the heights of fathers and their sons, based on a famous experiment by Karl Pearson around 1903. The number of cases is 1078. Random noise was added to the original data, to produce heights to the nearest 0.1 inch.

Data

Father Son
65.0 59.8
63.3 63.2
65.0 63.3
65.8 62.8
61.1 64.3
63.0 64.2
65.4 64.1
64.7 64.0
66.1 64.6
67.0 64.0
59.0 65.2
62.9 65.4
63.7 65.7
64.1 65.4
64.7 65.3
65.2 64.8
66.4 65.0
65.6 65.5
67.4 65.1
66.8 65.5
67.8 65.1
69.5 65.5
62.5 66.6
63.8 66.4
64.5 66.1
65.0 66.0
64.7 66.0
65.7 66.5
65.5 65.7
65.6 66.0
66.9 65.9
66.6 65.9
66.5 66.5
67.9 65.8
68.3 66.3
67.7 66.1
68.5 66.3
69.4 66.3
71.8 66.4
62.4 67.2
64.5 67.5
64.5 67.0
63.9 66.8
65.4 67.0
65.0 66.8
65.7 69.3
68.7 69.1
66.5 61.7
64.9 65.7
69.6 69.0
64.8 67.4
65.3 67.2
65.8 67.1
65.8 67.3
65.6 67.6
65.9 67.5
65.8 66.9
67.1 67.6
66.6 67.2
67.4 66.8
67.3 67.2
66.6 67.5
68.2 67.6
67.8 67.2
68.3 67.5
68.1 67.4
69.0 67.6
68.9 67.3
69.6 66.8
70.4 66.7
70.0 66.9
72.8 67.6
62.8 68.0
62.9 68.5
63.9 68.0
64.5 68.3
64.5 68.3
66.0 68.3
65.8 68.2
66.0 68.5
65.5 68.1
65.7 68.3
66.8 68.0
66.7 68.6
67.0 67.9
66.9 68.1
66.8 68.4
67.1 67.9
67.7 68.2
68.3 68.0
67.6 68.2
68.4 67.9
67.7 68.6
68.7 68.0
69.3 68.3
68.7 67.9
69.1 68.6
69.3 68.2
68.6 68.6
69.6 68.1
70.4 68.4
71.2 67.8
70.8 68.6
71.7 67.9
73.3 67.8
63.0 68.8
63.7 69.6
65.4 69.7
64.6 69.4
66.4 69.7
65.8 69.2
65.7 69.5
66.1 69.6
66.5 69.3
66.6 69.5
66.6 68.7
67.7 69.3
68.5 69.2
67.8 69.2
67.6 69.5
68.1 69.1
69.2 68.9
68.7 69.5
68.6 69.3
68.6 69.2
68.6 68.7
70.4 69.3
70.0 68.9
70.1 69.3
70.2 69.2
71.3 69.6
70.9 69.1
72.2 69.1
75.0 69.0
64.9 69.9
65.6 70.1
65.7 69.9
65.9 70.3
65.9 70.5
67.4 70.5
67.5 69.8
67.6 70.4
68.5 70.0
68.5 69.8
68.1 70.7
69.5 70.2
69.1 70.1
69.4 70.0
69.4 70.3
69.5 69.8
70.2 70.0
69.9 69.9
70.4 69.7
70.9 70.1
71.3 70.0
72.1 70.7
72.2 70.0
75.4 70.1
64.5 71.3
66.4 70.8
65.6 71.4
66.8 71.2
66.9 71.7
68.2 71.4
67.5 70.7
67.8 71.3
69.0 71.0
69.3 71.3
68.7 70.9
69.7 71.3
70.3 71.6
70.0 71.2
70.2 71.0
70.9 71.4
71.2 71.6
72.4 71.1
73.0 70.9
74.8 71.7
67.4 72.4
67.3 71.9
67.8 72.3
69.3 72.2
68.7 72.5
70.0 72.0
69.8 72.3
70.7 72.5
71.1 72.3
72.5 72.0
72.5 72.2
67.5 72.8
68.2 73.0
68.8 72.9
69.9 73.2
71.5 73.6
70.8 72.9
71.9 73.2
63.1 74.3
68.2 74.4
70.1 73.8
70.8 73.9
72.6 73.8
67.9 75.6
67.5 75.7
72.8 77.2
62.7 61.3
68.2 74.3
65.1 70.9
73.4 75.3
62.9 61.8
62.5 64.0
69.9 62.5
71.1 73.7
71.1 66.3
69.5 62.2
70.2 65.4
65.5 64.0
62.0 62.8
63.6 63.5
65.6 63.5
68.0 62.9
61.8 63.7
63.8 63.7
64.9 64.4
65.8 63.7
66.4 64.4
68.8 64.3
61.8 65.2
64.3 65.1
63.7 65.6
65.0 64.9
65.3 65.1
64.8 65.2
65.7 65.6
66.0 65.6
67.0 64.9
67.8 65.4
69.0 64.7
62.2 65.8
62.8 65.8
63.9 66.7
65.4 66.5
64.6 66.4
65.6 66.3
66.2 66.2
66.0 66.4
65.8 66.7
67.4 66.2
67.1 66.4
67.3 66.7
67.9 65.8
68.3 66.2
68.0 66.3
68.7 65.8
71.2 66.3
62.4 66.9
62.9 66.8
64.1 67.4
63.9 67.7
64.8 67.2
65.4 67.3
64.8 67.5
68.7 69.0
65.2 62.0
64.3 64.1
66.1 66.0
69.0 65.8
64.5 66.9
66.1 66.8
65.7 67.0
66.5 67.4
65.6 66.8
66.4 67.3
67.3 67.5
66.8 67.2
66.7 67.6
67.3 66.9
67.4 66.7
67.9 67.2
67.8 67.2
68.1 66.8
68.3 66.8
68.8 67.5
69.4 67.1
69.3 67.1
70.5 66.9
70.1 67.5
70.6 66.9
62.4 67.7
63.2 67.9
63.5 68.7
63.9 68.6
64.6 68.4
64.9 68.4
65.9 68.4
66.2 68.4
66.5 67.9
65.5 68.3
66.9 68.0
67.1 68.2
66.8 68.6
67.2 68.6
66.5 67.8
67.0 67.9
66.6 68.2
68.2 68.0
67.6 67.9
68.3 67.8
68.0 68.6
69.0 68.1
69.3 67.9
68.9 68.5
68.9 68.6
69.4 68.1
69.5 68.1
70.3 67.7
69.9 68.4
70.7 68.6
70.6 68.3
72.4 68.1
72.5 68.4
62.7 69.4
63.9 69.0
64.5 69.4
64.8 68.9
65.4 69.4
65.8 69.3
66.3 69.0
65.8 69.6
66.8 69.2
67.2 69.7
67.3 68.9
67.5 69.1
67.9 69.0
68.4 69.2
67.6 69.6
68.5 68.8
68.6 69.2
69.1 69.1
68.6 69.0
69.2 69.3
68.6 69.2
68.5 68.9
69.7 69.4
70.4 68.7
70.0 68.8
70.3 69.4
71.3 69.4
71.3 69.5
72.6 69.2
64.4 70.0
64.9 69.9
66.3 70.0
66.0 69.7
65.7 69.8
66.7 69.9
66.6 70.3
68.3 69.8
67.9 69.9
68.0 70.3
68.3 70.7
68.8 70.4
69.1 70.4
69.0 70.6
69.4 70.2
69.8 69.9
69.6 70.2
70.5 70.3
69.9 70.3
71.0 69.8
71.2 70.5
71.5 70.0
71.6 69.7
73.2 69.9
63.9 70.9
66.0 71.4
66.0 71.2
67.5 70.8
66.7 70.7
68.3 71.3
67.7 70.9
68.3 70.9
68.4 70.9
69.1 71.2
69.1 71.3
69.7 71.2
70.0 71.4
69.6 71.6
70.0 71.0
70.9 71.2
70.6 71.4
72.3 71.4
71.5 70.9
73.0 71.3
66.2 72.1
67.3 72.0
67.8 72.0
69.1 71.7
69.4 71.9
69.6 72.2
70.1 72.3
70.2 72.6
71.3 72.0
72.1 71.8
72.3 71.8
67.1 73.1
67.9 73.4
69.1 73.2
69.6 73.4
69.7 73.2
70.5 72.9
72.4 72.8
72.8 73.3
68.1 74.0
68.6 74.6
71.3 73.9
72.1 74.6
74.7 74.3
71.2 75.1
68.3 77.2
60.4 60.8
63.9 62.4
63.1 66.4
64.0 58.5
73.9 70.0
72.0 71.0
61.0 65.0
65.4 70.5
72.0 69.2
71.3 64.9
65.2 68.8
68.9 69.9
64.5 62.5
64.0 63.3
66.5 63.5
67.1 62.9
62.3 63.9
63.8 64.3
65.4 64.2
65.6 64.6
66.2 64.3
67.6 63.8
60.2 65.7
63.0 64.8
63.6 65.6
65.2 64.7
65.1 64.8
64.8 65.1
66.2 65.6
66.2 65.3
66.6 65.1
68.0 65.1
69.0 64.8
62.1 66.0
63.2 66.4
64.5 66.4
63.8 66.3
64.6 65.8
64.6 66.1
66.1 66.5
66.0 66.3
65.7 66.6
67.1 66.0
67.3 66.5
67.2 66.0
68.4 66.5
67.6 66.4
67.6 66.3
68.5 66.3
70.0 66.6
61.1 66.8
62.7 67.5
64.3 67.2
64.1 66.8
63.7 67.3
64.7 66.8
64.7 66.9
68.0 68.1
64.6 63.6
66.1 63.2
65.3 65.7
69.7 67.2
65.3 67.4
65.5 67.6
66.1 67.2
66.2 67.1
66.0 66.8
66.0 67.1
65.9 66.9
67.1 66.8
67.0 67.0
67.4 67.7
67.4 67.6
67.3 67.7
68.3 67.3
68.3 67.0
67.6 67.0
68.2 67.1
69.1 67.2
68.8 67.5
70.5 67.7
70.0 66.9
69.5 67.0
61.5 67.7
62.9 68.5
64.1 67.9
63.9 67.8
65.1 68.3
64.6 68.2
65.9 68.6
66.2 67.8
65.7 67.9
66.1 67.7
66.3 68.0
67.2 68.1
66.9 67.8
66.9 68.1
66.6 68.2
67.2 68.6
67.1 68.3
67.9 68.4
67.9 68.6
67.8 68.3
67.9 67.9
68.6 67.7
68.6 68.4
69.0 68.1
69.0 68.0
69.1 68.2
68.5 68.1
70.2 68.5
69.8 68.6
69.9 67.7
71.5 68.7
72.4 68.6
71.9 68.4
61.0 69.1
63.0 69.4
64.6 69.5
65.4 69.1
64.8 69.6
65.5 69.4
65.6 69.2
66.1 68.8
67.4 69.1
66.6 69.0
67.4 69.1
67.2 69.1
68.2 68.7
67.9 69.0
68.0 69.0
67.7 69.2
68.9 68.8
68.7 68.7
69.1 69.0
68.8 69.3
68.8 69.4
69.3 68.9
69.6 69.3
69.8 69.6
70.2 69.4
70.1 69.0
71.1 69.5
71.4 68.7
71.8 69.2
64.4 70.4
65.2 70.1
66.1 70.4
65.8 70.0
65.5 69.8
66.7 70.4
67.2 70.0
67.2 70.3
68.1 69.9
67.9 70.7
68.2 70.3
69.3 69.7
68.8 70.3
69.2 70.0
68.7 69.7
69.5 70.2
70.0 70.0
69.7 70.3
70.2 70.4
70.8 69.8
70.9 69.8
71.3 70.5
72.3 70.0
72.8 70.6
64.4 71.1
64.9 71.2
65.8 71.0
67.4 70.9
67.4 70.8
67.9 71.5
67.9 71.6
68.5 70.8
67.6 71.0
69.4 71.6
69.3 71.1
69.5 71.5
70.2 71.4
70.0 71.5
69.8 71.0
69.6 71.6
71.5 71.4
72.2 71.2
72.4 70.9
72.5 71.5
64.7 72.4
66.8 72.6
67.8 71.8
68.2 72.0
69.2 72.0
68.9 72.4
70.1 71.9
70.1 72.1
71.0 72.6
71.4 72.5
72.0 71.8
72.7 72.6
68.0 73.1
69.0 73.2
68.9 73.4
69.6 73.4
71.2 73.7
72.0 72.8
72.9 73.0
65.9 74.7
68.5 73.9
70.7 74.4
72.3 74.0
72.6 73.9
68.8 75.7
73.5 76.1
70.1 78.2
67.9 61.9
64.7 69.9
60.8 62.3
74.9 71.4
70.6 71.6
60.9 65.5
65.3 71.9
71.4 71.2
71.7 64.5
62.7 65.3
71.4 69.6
66.6 65.1
67.2 61.0
62.5 63.1
64.9 63.6
66.9 63.5
62.4 63.8
63.6 64.2
65.4 64.7
65.0 64.1
66.4 64.4
66.7 64.6
59.5 64.8
63.0 65.2
64.1 65.6
64.1 65.6
64.5 64.9
65.2 65.6
66.3 65.7
66.0 65.6
66.8 65.1
68.2 64.9
68.7 65.7
61.3 66.5
63.3 66.2
63.9 65.9
64.1 66.3
64.8 66.3
64.6 66.2
66.2 66.1
66.5 66.2
66.4 65.8
67.3 66.6
67.4 66.5
67.3 66.3
67.7 66.5
68.4 66.3
67.8 65.9
69.3 66.6
69.7 66.6
60.0 67.3
62.1 67.4
63.6 67.5
63.8 66.9
64.5 67.1
64.7 67.0
65.4 66.9
65.1 68.1
69.3 67.5
67.7 63.0
64.9 67.4
69.5 68.8
65.1 66.9
65.0 67.3
65.6 67.2
65.9 67.1
65.7 67.1
65.9 67.2
65.9 66.7
67.4 66.8
66.5 67.4
67.4 67.4
67.2 67.0
67.3 67.4
68.1 66.9
68.0 66.9
68.0 66.8
68.4 66.8
68.8 67.2
69.5 67.5
70.2 67.7
69.7 67.1
70.2 67.6
61.1 68.0
62.7 68.7
64.3 68.4
64.3 68.0
65.0 68.6
64.8 68.5
66.2 67.8
66.1 68.1
66.4 68.2
66.2 68.5
65.9 68.6
67.0 68.7
67.5 68.4
66.7 68.5
66.7 68.6
67.3 67.9
67.1 68.0
67.8 68.0
68.4 68.6
67.7 68.1
68.1 67.9
67.7 68.6
69.0 67.9
69.2 68.6
69.3 68.7
69.3 68.4
68.8 68.2
69.6 68.3
69.6 68.1
69.9 67.8
70.6 68.2
72.3 68.0
71.6 68.0
72.9 68.1
63.3 69.2
64.3 69.2
65.1 68.9
65.2 69.3
65.9 69.5
66.0 69.0
65.6 69.3
65.8 69.6
66.9 69.4
67.0 69.0
67.4 69.3
67.9 69.1
67.8 69.3
68.4 69.3
68.3 68.7
68.4 69.5
68.7 69.5
69.0 68.9
69.3 68.8
68.8 69.4
68.9 68.8
69.8 69.1
69.7 69.2
70.4 69.3
70.3 68.8
71.0 69.1
71.3 69.4
72.0 68.7
63.3 70.4
64.9 70.5
65.7 70.1
66.1 69.8
66.5 70.3
66.1 70.3
66.7 69.7
67.1 70.1
67.6 70.4
68.2 69.9
68.3 69.8
68.1 69.9
69.2 70.3
69.2 70.2
68.5 70.4
68.8 70.4
69.7 70.7
69.9 69.7
70.5 70.5
71.2 70.5
70.6 70.5
70.5 70.5
72.4 70.3
73.2 70.3
64.1 71.4
64.6 71.0
65.7 71.6
67.1 70.9
66.8 71.4
68.4 71.5
68.3 71.2
68.3 71.6
68.4 71.6
68.7 71.3
68.7 71.1
69.0 71.5
70.2 71.0
69.9 71.5
70.2 70.9
70.2 71.4
71.4 71.3
70.7 71.2
72.4 71.5
73.0 70.8
64.7 72.7
67.1 72.0
67.8 72.3
68.4 72.2
69.2 72.4
68.6 72.0
69.9 71.8
70.2 72.5
70.5 72.6
71.0 71.9
71.8 72.6
72.8 72.4
68.0 73.1
67.8 73.6
69.3 73.3
70.5 73.1
71.4 73.7
72.3 73.6
71.9 72.9
64.6 73.9
67.8 74.3
69.9 73.9
70.9 74.2
72.7 74.5
69.0 75.1
72.4 76.4
69.1 78.4
70.2 61.2
72.4 72.6
59.6 64.9
73.3 73.0
68.1 71.8
63.2 65.3
66.0 60.9
71.5 72.1
68.1 71.0
65.3 61.7
70.4 67.5
68.4 64.4
61.9 63.3
65.0 63.5
66.2 63.7
59.5 63.9
62.8 63.9
63.9 63.9
64.6 64.1
65.6 64.7
66.3 64.4
70.6 63.9
62.1 64.8
64.4 65.3
64.4 65.2
64.9 65.5
65.3 65.2
65.2 65.4
66.1 65.6
66.1 64.7
67.4 64.8
67.8 65.6
70.3 65.4
63.2 66.5
63.7 65.7
64.1 66.1
64.7 66.3
65.1 66.6
65.9 66.4
65.7 66.5
66.0 66.3
67.3 66.4
66.7 66.3
66.6 66.1
66.8 66.5
68.2 66.3
67.5 66.1
68.4 65.9
69.1 65.7
70.8 66.1
61.7 67.6
63.0 67.4
64.3 67.0
63.9 67.2
65.5 67.2
64.7 67.4
64.7 67.4
67.5 68.2
66.8 62.7
65.0 66.3
69.4 65.7
63.7 68.4
64.6 67.5
66.0 67.2
66.0 67.2
66.5 67.5
66.3 66.9
65.7 67.7
66.9 67.0
66.7 66.7
66.5 66.8
67.1 67.4
67.0 66.9
67.6 67.5
67.6 66.9
67.5 67.0
68.1 66.9
68.6 67.0
68.5 67.1
69.2 67.5
69.8 67.5
69.9 67.3
70.5 67.6
62.8 67.8
63.2 68.1
64.4 68.5
64.3 68.6
64.7 67.9
64.7 68.6
66.0 68.2
65.6 68.3
65.8 68.2
65.9 68.2
66.6 68.2
66.8 68.6
66.8 68.3
67.2 68.7
67.1 68.5
66.9 67.7
68.0 68.0
68.0 67.8
68.3 68.1
68.3 68.6
68.2 68.2
68.5 68.2
68.5 68.2
69.1 68.1
69.2 68.1
69.3 68.5
69.4 68.4
70.3 68.2
69.7 67.7
70.5 67.9
71.3 68.3
72.2 68.3
72.3 68.3
62.9 69.6
63.9 68.7
64.6 68.9
65.5 68.8
65.9 69.1
66.3 69.0
65.8 69.0
66.5 68.7
67.3 69.5
67.4 69.1
67.1 69.1
68.5 69.6
67.7 69.4
68.1 69.2
67.6 68.8
67.8 69.0
69.3 69.5
69.1 69.6
68.7 69.4
69.0 69.6
68.9 69.4
68.8 68.9
69.9 68.7
70.5 69.3
70.0 68.7
69.8 68.8
71.4 69.5
71.1 69.7
72.7 69.7
65.3 70.5
66.0 70.0
65.5 70.6
65.6 70.5
65.9 70.0
67.1 69.9
66.9 70.5
67.9 69.9
67.7 69.7
67.5 70.6
68.0 70.2
68.8 70.3
69.4 70.2
68.6 70.5
69.1 70.5
70.5 70.2
69.9 70.0
70.0 70.2
69.6 70.2
71.0 70.0
70.6 70.4
71.5 70.4
71.6 70.2
73.9 70.2
65.0 70.7
66.3 71.5
65.9 71.4
66.9 71.2
67.2 70.9
68.1 71.3
67.6 71.4
67.6 71.2
69.4 71.2
68.9 71.2
69.1 71.0
69.8 71.4
70.0 71.2
69.6 71.6
70.3 71.3
70.7 71.5
70.9 70.9
72.5 71.5
73.0 71.1
74.4 70.9
67.4 72.7
66.5 71.8
68.0 72.6
68.8 72.5
69.3 71.9
70.3 72.2
70.2 72.6
70.8 72.3
70.7 72.1
72.4 72.3
72.4 72.1
67.2 72.8
67.8 72.8
68.9 73.5
70.4 73.7
71.2 72.8
71.4 73.4
71.7 73.0
72.6 73.2
67.6 74.5
68.6 73.8
71.0 73.8
72.0 73.8
75.2 73.8
73.1 75.6
69.9 77.2
65.5 60.1
72.6 76.8
72.2 66.7
63.2 58.8
73.3 67.9
65.8 61.0
67.7 59.8
67.0 70.8
71.3 68.3
71.8 69.3
70.7 69.3
70.3 67.0

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