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There was a Reddit post a while ago (so take it with appropriate authority) plotting the distribution of men's reported height[1]. It's a pretty normal bell cur
by ryandrake 5mo ago
There was a Reddit post a while ago (so take it with appropriate authority) plotting the distribution of men's reported height[1]. It's a pretty normal bell curve, with a distinct spike at exactly 6'0.
I wonder how much of the exaggeration is caused by the US measurement system providing an easy numeric threshold of "6". Does a similar spike appear when you limit the population to those using the metric system?
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/xmeh3p/oc_body_height_reported_by_us_men/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/xmeh3p/oc_...
- _--__--__ 5mo ago180cm is the roughly equivalent round number benchmark but it's a bit shorter and most European populations are a bit taller on average than Americans
- data-ottawa 5mo agoI plotted the sizes of shoes people buy from e-commerce data and there’s a similar bump at US 12 size, with a dip on 10 and 11, no such effect on women’s sizes.
- dec0dedab0de 5mo agoSize 12 is the one closest to 12 inches, which is common enough of a foot size that we call it a foot.