frets                  package:boot                  R Documentation

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_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

      l1: The head length of the eldest son. 

      b1: The head breadth of the eldest son. 

      l2: The head length of the second son. 

      b2: The head breadth of the second son. 

_S_U_M_M_A_R_Y:

     The `frets' data frame has 25 rows and 4 columns.

     The data consist of measurements of the length and breadth of the
     heads of  pairs of adult brothers in 25 randomly sampled families.
      All measurements are expressed in millimetres.

_D_A_T_A _D_E_S_C_R_I_P_T_I_O_N:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

_S_O_U_R_C_E:

     The data were obtained from

     Frets, G.P. (1921) Heredity of head form in man. Genetica, 3, 193.

_O_T_H_E_R _R_E_F_E_R_E_N_C_E_S:

     Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V. (1997)  Bootstrap Methods and
     Their Application. Cambridge University Press.

     Whittaker, J. (1990) Graphical Models in Applied Multivariate
     Statistics. John Wiley.

