Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

by Charles Wheelan

WEIGHT = –118 + 4.3 × (HEIGHT IN INCHES) + .12 (AGE IN YEARS) – 4.8 (IF SEX IS FEMALE) Our best estimate of the weight of a fifty-three-year-old woman who is 5 feet 5 inches is: –118 + 4.3 (65) + .12 (53) – 4.8 = 163 pounds.