The Cubit: A History and Measurement Commentary

Table 12

Elbow-fingertip length percentile distribution in millimeters.

(a)

1st	2.5th	5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th	97.5th	99th
435	442	448	455	468	483	499	515	523	532	542

(b)

Mean	484.04	(19.05 inches)
Standard error	0.55
Median	483	(19.01 inches)
Mode	472	(18.58 inches)
Standard deviation	23.32
Sample variance	544.09
Kurtosis	0.43
Skewness	0.22
Range	192
Minimum	386
Maximum	578
Count	1774