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and female adults could not be obtained. We now turn to another 

 method of analysis. 



For purposes of comparison by group averages we have classified 

 the women in a table of double entry, table 82. The entries with signs 

 in this table are the differences between the theoretical and the actual 

 average heat-productions for the groups of individuals having the 

 weights and statures, indicated by the marginal columns. The differ- 

 ences are given in calories and in the average percentage of the com- 

 puted heat-production of each individual. The percentages follow the 



TABLE 82. Differences in metabolism of men and women, women classified according to stature and weight. 



equality sign. A negative sign indicates that the women show a lower 

 heat-production than would men of like characteristics. The theoretical 

 heat-productions were calculated in two ways. The entries with signs 

 in ordinary type are the differences between the observed and the 

 theoretical heat-productions when the latter are computed from weight 

 and stature only. The entries with signs in black-faced type are the 

 differences between the actual and the theoretical heat-productions 

 when the latter are calculated from weight, stature, and age. 



In arranging the data for this table the individuals have been 

 assembled into somewhat larger and more arbitrarily limited groups 

 for both stature and weight than when they were classified with respect 



