User talk:Ssk7

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Human Heights

I'd like to add that the CDC is a government source, but the extra source I gave uses the same studies the CDC used in their calculation. The difference is that the CDC is the largest distributor of this information. ALL of this sources use the NHES and NHANES studies that have been taken since 1954. So, I'd like it if you'd add back the two heights you took out of the original list, please. I'd also like to second the power above and remind you that when you make comments you have to sign your name, and to do that you simply click on the button at the top of each talk page that looks like a signature. It's the 10th button to the right. --Criticalthinker (talk) 03:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not interested in adding the state heights, but I'm not sure why we can't show both the NHES and NHANES numbers for height. That's only two sources. South Korea and Japan both have three and two respectively as do a few others. --Criticalthinker (talk) 04:45, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I thought I'd let you know that in my searches, this early morning, I've come across the latest numbers published by the CDC for American heights (October 2008). They aren't much different, but I thought you may be interested in seeing them, and it means we could actually update the current CDC numbers in the chart. --Criticalthinker (talk) 08:32, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, and thanks. Keep and eye out to make sure no one changes it. I'll try, too. --Criticalthinker (talk) 02:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, I thought I'd ask you about adding the four major racial categories for South Africa, it being a multi-ethnic nation. The actual source for the height includes all three (SADHS, see page 14). I'd like to split it by ethnicity since there is such an incredibly disparity in height between a few of the groups (whites tower 177 cm). The current number for the population is thus very misleading. --Criticalthinker (talk) 04:19, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On the Indonesian one, I'd leave it, because it's the only country-wide number we have for that nation, which is better than no number. The other number for Indonesia is simply for East Bali, a tiny part of the country both in area and population. But, what od you think of the South African numbers?

I didn't 'discover' the South African heights. They are actually in the cited link. Last time I broke them down by race someone deleted them, so I stopped trying. You can go check out the link for yourself, if you'd like. --Criticalthinker (talk) 04:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]