Is human height bimodal?

American Statistician

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-229

  Schilling, Mark F ^a   Watkins, Ann E ^a   Watkins, William ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodal distribution; Living histogram; Normal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036679134     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/00031300265     Document Type: Article

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