The West Point cadets’ dataset comprises height data for over 4,000 applicants, taken upon their medical examinations at West Point Military Academy. Although problems of selectivity may arise due to the self-selection of the applicants, their economic backgrounds are relatively diverse (Komlos 1987). However, no black applicants appear in the sample and all applicants were male. The regional scope of the dataset covers 46 US states of birth and includes birth decades between 1820 and 1880. All cadets were between the ages of 15 and 26 at the time of each survey, meaning that some were still growing at the time of their medical examinations. The original measurements were taken in British inches.