d
We have already seen that male students had a significantly bigger mean head circumference than female students (Week 4 Exercise: Head circumference) and also that, for females, head circumference and height were related (Week 7 Exercise: Head circumference and height). Could it be that the difference in head circumference between the sexes is explained by the difference in height?
The following graph shows a plot of head circumference against height for males and females:
1. What method could we use to answer the question: is the difference in head circumference between the sexes explained by the difference in height?
To Clinical Biostatistics index.
To Martin Bland's M.Sc. index.
This page maintained by Martin Bland.
Last updated: 2 March, 2009.