Anatomical development measured by wrist-bone radiographs correlates very highly with height and weight in the Baldwin study¶

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Currency · newest study 1921 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Anatomical development assessed by wrist-bone radiographs is very highly correlated with height and weight. → New Publications 1921

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New Publications 1921¶

New Publications. (1921). The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu

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The review reports that Baldwin's study assessed anatomical development via radiographs of the wrist bones on sixty-seven boys and girls; the correlations with height and weight are described only as very high, with no coefficients printed.

"Anatomical development, measured by radiographs of the wrist bones, was determined on sixty-seven boys and girls and correlated with height and weight. The correlations are very high."

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