Table 1.

Summary of strength, height and weight assessment across seven samples. (p-values have not been corrected for family-wise error. n.a., not applicable.)

	accuracy of averaged ratings (r)			individual accuracy of ratings (γ)			independent accuracy of strength, height and weight ratings γa
	strength	height	weight	strength	height	weight	strength c/ht and c/wt	height c/str and c/wt	weight c/str and c/ht
sample 1: US males	0.45, p = 0.001	0.28, p = 0.028	0.32, p = 0.011	0.23, p = 10−14	0.12, p = 10−5	0.16, p = 10−11	0.21, p = 10−11	0.06, p = 0.014	−0.003, p = 0.89
sample 2: Tsimane males	0.35, p = 0.02	0.13, p = 0.41	0.22, p = 0.15	0.25, p = 10−8	0.08, p = 0.012	0.12, p = 0.0003	0.27, p = 10−6	0.04, p = 0.23	0.06, p = 0.16
sample 3: Andean males	0.46, p = 0.04	0.29, p = 0.22	0.62, p = 0.004	0.24, p = 10−5	0.15, p = 0.002	0.28, p = 10−6	0.21, p = 0.001	0.08, p = 0.13	0.16, p = 0.012
sample 4: US males	0.51, p = 0.001	0.45, p = 0.001	0.37, p = 0.008	0.30, p = 10−11	0.23, p = 10−11	0.21, p = 10−9	0.28, p = 10−8	0.14, p = 10−5	−0.01, p = 0.79
sample 5: Romanian males	0.48, p = 0.001	n.a.	n.a.	0.31, p = 10−6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
sample 6: US females	0.26, p = 0.07	0.23, p = 0.10	0.38, p = 0.006	0.14, p = 0.0001	0.17, p = 0.0001	0.15, p = 10−5	−0.14, p = 0.001	0.15, p = 0.001	0.12, p = 0.005
sample 7: Romanian females	0.32, p = 0.08	n.a.	n.a.	0.21, p = 0.0001	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
sample 8: US males—vowels	0.30, p = 0.03	0.38, p = 0.004	0.21, p = 0.13	0.18, p = 0.001	0.23, p = 0.0001	0.13, p = 0.005,	0.19, p = 0.014	0.27, p = 10−7	0.03, p = 0.54

^aAlso controls for subject age in samples 2 and 3 in which age varied substantially.