How tall are you? (A statistical survey for high school students)

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5'4</li>
<li>What is your gender? Female</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? Around 11</li>
<li>How old are you? 18</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? Caucasion</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? No</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 6'3</li>
<li>What is your gender? Male</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? 13-14, but never really had a huge spurt</li>
<li>How old are you? 16</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? White Scotch-Irish</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? can't tell</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5'4.5</li>
<li>What is your gender? Female</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? 11-12</li>
<li>How old are you? 17</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? Black</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? nope</li>
</ol>

<p>Just thought I'd point out that this data will be skewed, your numbers will be higher than the actual averages. Voluntary response bias will have a pretty significant impact.</p>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? nearly 5' 7" </li>
<li>What is your gender? Female</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? 4-12</li>
<li>How old are you? 15; 16 in two weeks and two days</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? Asian</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? yes I think I will grow more, but at a snail like pace... I've been 5' 6" for two years...</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>5'5 and a half</li>
<li>Female</li>
<li>4th grade (no joke)</li>
<li>17</li>
<li>White</li>
<li>No I have not grown in three years.</li>
</ol>

<p>Sure, I'll humor you:</p>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5'8</li>
<li>What is your gender? Male</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? 12</li>
<li>How old are you? 18</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? Asian American</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? No</li>
</ol>

<p>Females, by race/ethnicity</p>

<p>Non-Hispanic White Females</p>

<p>Measurement of height
Ages 14-16:
Mean: 5’7.33”; Median: 5’8”; Mode: 5’8”
Age 17:
Mean: 5’4.16”; Median: 5’4”; Mode: 5’4”
Age 18:
Mean: 5’4.31”; Median: 5’5”; Mode: 5’7”
Age 19:
Mean: 5’5”; Median: 5’4”; Mode: 5’4”
Ages 20-24:
Mean: 5’4”; Median: 5’3.5”</p>

<p>Measurement of the ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 9-16; Mean: 12.28; Median: 12; Mode: 12</p>

<p>Asian Females</p>

<p>Measurement of height
Ages 14-17:
Mean: 5’4.58”; Median: 5’4”; Mode: 5’7”
Age 18-20:
Mean: 5’4 3/16”; Median: 5’4 5/8”</p>

<p>Measurement of the ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 9-14; Mean: 12; Median: 13; Mode: 13</p>

<p>African American Females: Only 4 responded. Average height was reported at 5’8.62” and growth spurts averaged at 11.25 years, based on the data gathered.</p>

<p>**Females of mixed race<a href="only%204%20responded">/b</a></p>

<p>Measurement of height
Mean: 5’4.5”; Median: 5’5”; Mode: 5’5”…growth spurt averaged at 12 years</p>

<p>Males, by race/ethnicity</p>

<p>Non-Hispanic White Males</p>

<p>Measurement of height
Ages 15-17:
Mean: 5’10.97”; Median: 6’0”; Mode: 5’9”
Ages 18-21:
Mean: 5’11.97”; Median: 6’0”; Mode: 6’0”</p>

<p>Measurement of the ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 12-17; Mean: 13.92; Median: 14; Mode: 14</p>

<p>**Latino/Hispanic Males<a href="only%204%20responded">/b</a></p>

<p>Measurement of height (all ages)
Mean: 5’8”; Median: 5’7.5”</p>

<p>Measurement of the ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 12-16; Mean: 13.75; Median: 13.5</p>

<p>Asian Males</p>

<p>Measurement of height
Ages 15-17:
Mean: 5’9.72”; Median: 5’10”; Mode: 5’10”
Age 18-20:
Mean: 5’10.6”; Median: 5’11”</p>

<p>Measurement of the ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 11-15; Mean: 13.32; Median: 13.5; Mode: 13.5</p>

<p>Middle Eastern Males: Only 2 responded. Average height was reported at 6’0.5” and growth spurts averaged at 13.25 years, based on the data gathered.</p>

<p>And here are the overall measurements: </p>

<p>Female Height
Range: 4’10”-5’11”; Mean: 5’4.96”; Median: 5’4 5/8”; Mode: 5’4”</p>

<p>Ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 9-16; Mean: 12.11; Median: 12; Mode: 12</p>

<p>Male Height Ages 14-17
Range: 5’4”-6’5”; Mean: 5’10.52”; Median: 5’11”; Mode: 6’0”
Male Height Ages 18-21
Range: 5’7”-6’4”; Mean: 5’11.51”; Median: 6’0”; Mode: 6’0”</p>

<p>Ages growth spurts were hit
Range: 11-17; Mean: 13.59; Median: 13.75; Mode: 14</p>

<p>What did you count Indian as?</p>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5'4</li>
<li>What is your gender?female</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt?13</li>
<li>How old are you?16</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? white</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? yes</li>
</ol>

<p>I counted Indian as Asian.</p>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 6'4
2 What is your gender? Male</li>
<li> When did you hit your growth spurt? 12</li>
<li>How old are you? 16</li>
<li>What ethnicity are you? Asian</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? maybe a couple of inches, after all I'm only 16 years old</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5'8</li>
<li>What is your gender? Female</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? I was always a tall kid</li>
<li>How old are you? 14</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? Puerto Rican/North African </li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? Yes</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5'8"</li>
<li>What is your gender? fem</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? 11-13</li>
<li>How old are you? 16</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? Asian</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? Probably. Still am, although slowly. According to what happened with my mom, my next growth spurt should occur within the next couple of years.</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>5'9"</li>
<li>Male</li>
<li>11?</li>
<li>15</li>
<li>(South)Asian-American</li>
<li>Probably</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>How tall are you? 5' 6"</li>
<li>What is your gender? Female</li>
<li>When did you hit your growth spurt? About 6th Grade</li>
<li>How old are you? 16</li>
<li>What is your race/ethnicity? 50% Germanic, 25% Swedish, 25% English</li>
<li>Do you think you will grow anymore? Maybe an inch or two <em>fingers crossed</em></li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>6’ 7"</li>
<li>male</li>
<li>15</li>
<li>16</li>
<li>white</li>
<li>i dont know but i have been growing at a steady rate since last year and when i was young my doctor said i could be 6’11"</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>5’7’'</li>
<li>female</li>
<li>12</li>
<li>15</li>
<li>Indian</li>
<li>Hope so!. I’ve grown half an inch in the past year so maybe one or two more in the years to come?</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>5’0</li>
<li>Female</li>
<li>About 7th grade</li>
<li>17</li>
<li>White</li>
<li>I hope so but probably not. My mom an sister are both 5’6" but most of my aunts and cousins are 5’3" and shorter</li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>5’2</li>
<li>female</li>
<li>I don’t think I had much of one.</li>
<li>16</li>
<li>Hispanic</li>
<li>I certainly hope so. but maybe not.</li>
</ol>