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Zum Problem der Verteilungen mit Shortfall bei der Nutzung des Indikators 'Durchschnittliche Körpergröße'

Distribution problems with shortfall when using the indicator of 'average height'
[journal article]

Baten, Jörg
Heintel, Markus

Abstract

'Für das Problem des Shortfall bei der Nutzung des Indikators 'Durchschnittliche Körpergröße' wurden in den vergangenen 12 Jahren einige Lösungsvorschläge gemacht. Leider produzieren die verschiedenen Schätzer nach wie vor unterschiedliche Ergebnisse. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird zunächst ein Überbl... view more

'Für das Problem des Shortfall bei der Nutzung des Indikators 'Durchschnittliche Körpergröße' wurden in den vergangenen 12 Jahren einige Lösungsvorschläge gemacht. Leider produzieren die verschiedenen Schätzer nach wie vor unterschiedliche Ergebnisse. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird zunächst ein Überblick über die prinzipielle Arbeitsweise der unterschiedlichen Schätzer gegeben. Die zentrale Frage dabei ist: Wie kommt es zu unterschiedlichen Schätzergebnissen? Das am besten geeignete Verfahren scheint die von Heintel vorgestellte Methode (TPE) zu sein. Für reine Trendanalysen dürfte die robuste Komlos-und-Kim-Methode in Kombination mit TPE/RMSLE die sicherte Methode zu sein, mit dem Problem des Shortfalls umzugehen. Zur Überprüfung dieser Methoden werden in der vorliegenden Studie auch erste Schätzergebnisse für Trends der bayrischen Körpergrößenentwicklung vorgelegt, die auf eine Verschlechterung der Ernährungsstandards im späten 18. Jahrhundert hindeuten.' (Autorenreferat)... view less


'Research in economic history frequently uses human heights as a proxy for net nutrition. This anthropometric method enables historians to measure time trends and regional differences in nutritional status. However, the most widely used data sources for historical height measurements cannot be regar... view more

'Research in economic history frequently uses human heights as a proxy for net nutrition. This anthropometric method enables historians to measure time trends and regional differences in nutritional status. However, the most widely used data sources for historical height measurements cannot be regarded as random samples of their underlying populations. In personnel records of volunteer armies, the lower side of the otherwise normal distribution is eroded by a phenomenon called 'shortfall'. Because recruiting practices favoured especially tall soldiers, shorter individuals are underrepresented below a certain threshold ('truncation point'). This article explains and compares different methods of estimating the true mean and standard deviation of the underlying population from these biased data sets. We conclude that an estimator called TPE/RSMLE controlled by the K/K method has better statistical features than the frequently used QBE. As an example, the height trend in Bavaria during the late 18th century is estimated using both the TPE/RSMLE and K/K method.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
nutrition; statistical analysis; methodology; economic development (on national level); population; demography; statistical theory of errors; Federal Republic of Germany; anthropology; standard of living; body; Bavaria

Classification
Demography
Social History, Historical Social Research
Population Studies, Sociology of Population

Method
empirical; development of methods; historical; quantitative empirical; basic research

Document language
German

Publication Year
1995

Page/Pages
p. 135-154

Journal
Historical Social Research, 20 (1995) 4

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.20.1995.4.135-154

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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