• RBG
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    85 months ago

    I might miss the point, but the height is dependent on both parents genetically, so just comparing mothers with daughters is a bit like the usual “correlation does not equal causation” thingie, or not?

    • @tehevilone
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      165 months ago

      The X and Y are just labeled weird, both graphs reference father’s height has the X and mother’s height as the Y

      • @[email protected]
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        55 months ago

        Yeah, but there is no graph comparing son vs mother and daughter vs father.

        And it seems like an odd thing to omit.

        • @tehevilone
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          95 months ago

          If I’m reading the referenced link right, the data is from 1886(?), so it’s not terribly recent, either.

      • RBG
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        15 months ago

        Oh, completely missed that, thanks!