Diagnosing Sample-Selection Bias in Historical Heights

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University; Timothy Guinnane, Yale Universiry; Thomas Mroz, Georgia State University

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Figure-2-create.zip application/zip 52.1 MB 07/24/2019 09:30:AM
figure_1_distribute.do text/x-stata-syntax 5.3 KB 09/22/2019 10:23:AM

Project Citation: 

Bodenhorn, Howard, Guinnane, Timothy, and Mroz, Thomas. Diagnosing Sample-Selection Bias in Historical Heights. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-09-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112001V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for Diagnosing Sample-Selection Bias in Historical Heights: A Reply to Komlos and A'Hearn. One file replicates Figure 1 from the Union Army Sample. Several files provide the data and the simulation code to replicate Figure 2.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources not applicable

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms historical heights; selection bias
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States, Great Britain
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1830 – 1865 (Nineteenth century)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2015 – 2019
Universe:  View help for Universe United States and United Kingdom military samples
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data from Union Army project and British military heights projects

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate observational data from military enlistments
Sampling:  View help for Sampling see Union Army data (Fogel et al. 2000)
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Union Army data, see Fogel et al (2000)
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) other
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation individual
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit States

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V1 [2019-09-22]

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