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both weight and stature. We must, therefore, conclude that the 

 criteria for the discarding of the individuals omitted can not be 

 regarded as well chosen. 



Thus, while we have retained the selection made by Gephart and 

 Du Bois, we have done so merely because we have desired to work in 

 one instance with a series of individuals chosen by other workers, not 

 because we personally feel that there is any advantage in discarding 

 the individuals removed by them. 



HO 



-100 



30 



4-0 



/so o 



no 



/so 



190 



200 



STATURE IN CENTIMETERS 



DIAGRAM 1. Distribution of stature and weight in original series of men. Individuals 

 outside of the lines D-D were excluded by Gephart and Du Bois on the ground of 

 aberrant proportions. Logically the lines cutting off aberrant individuals, D-D, 

 should parallel the axis of the swarm of observations, A-A. 



The course followed seems to us to obviate practically every source 

 of criticism. If statistical constants be calculated from the smaller 

 groups of observations, there can be no objection to combining these 

 into larger groups in order to ascertain how their constants compare 

 with those based upon the original segregations. If, however, the 

 constants be determined from the massed materials only, there is 

 always the justification for criticism based on the lumping of quite 



