The aim of my research masters is to compare several different statistical methods of constructing reference growth curves for children's heights, weights and body mass index measurements.

I have no hypothesis as my project is exploratory, using real datasets to determine the performance of these statistical methods and to further expand my knowledge of these approaches.

I hope to construct a function for children's expected height measurements which incorporates their previous height history and their parental height measurements. This can then be used to determine if their current observed reading is as expected. Similar functions for the weight and body mass index measurements will also be constructed.