VII.J 



DISCUSSION OF THE DATA OF STATURE. 



Table of Data for calculating Tables of Distribution of 

 Stature among the Kinsmen of Persons whose Stature is 



KNOWN. 



From group of persons of the same Stature, 

 to their Kinsmen in various near degrees. 



Mean 

 regression=M>. 



Q = f 



= PX^(1 -W2). 



Mid-parents to Sons 



2/3 

 2/3 



1/3 



2/9 



1/9 



2/27 



1-27 

 1-27 



1-60 



1-66 



( Practically 

 J that of Popu- 

 \ lation, or 

 ( 1-7 inch. 



Brothers to Brothers 



Fathers or Sons to | 



Sons or Fathers J 



Uncles or Nephews to ) 

 Nephews or Uncles / 



Grandsons to Grandparents... 

 Cousins to Cousins 





On the other hand, if the Kinsmen were on the average 

 no more like the Man than if they had been a group 

 picked at random out of the general Population, then 

 the Eegression to P would be complete. The M of the 

 Kinsmen, which is expressed by P + w(±D), would in 

 that case become P, whatever might have been the value 

 of D ; therefore w must = 0. We see by the preceding 

 Table that as a general rule, Fathers or Sons should be 

 held to be only one-half as near in blood as Brothers, 

 and Uncles and Nephews to be one-third as near in 

 blood as Brothers. Cousins are 4J times as remote as 

 Fathers or as Sons, and 9 times as remote as Brothers. 

 I do not extend the table further, because considera- 

 tions would have to be taken into account that will be 

 discussed in the next Section. 



The remarks made in a previous chapter about 



