Statistical Properties of Height of Japanese Schoolchildren

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the statistical distribution of heights among Japanese schoolchildren, revealing a transition from lognormal to normal distribution during puberty, based on government survey data.

Contribution

It provides new insights into how height distributions evolve during childhood and adolescence in Japan using large-scale survey data.

Findings

Height distribution shifts from lognormal to normal during puberty

Data sourced from official Japanese school health surveys

Highlights developmental changes in height distribution patterns

Abstract

We study height distributions of Japanese schoolchildren based on the statictical data which are obtained from the school health survey by the ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology, Japan . From our analysis, it has been clarified that the distribution of height changes from the lognormal distribution to the normal distribution in the periods of puberty.