“…This hypothesis, like hypothesis 3, stands in contrast to the original Frisch and Revelle hypothesis and its successors. The original Frisch-Revelle hypothesis (1970,197 1 )-that menarche was associated with the attainment of a "critical weight"-was plagued by faulty statisgical analyses, and despite extended critique in the literature (Johnston, Malina, and Galbraith 1971;Frisch, Revelle, and Cook 1971;Johnston et al 1975;Billewicz, Fellowes, and Hytten 1976;Frisch 1976;Cameron 1976;Trussell 1978;Frisch 1978;Reeves 1979;Trussell 1980;Bongaarts 1980;Menken, Trussell, and Watkins 1981;Ellison 1981aEllison , 1981Ellison b, 1982Frisch 1982) these failings continue to be underappreciated. Part of the confu$ion stems from the publication of the original analyses in two journals, one of which46ience-is widely available and often cited, the other of which-Archives of Disease in Childhvod-is less available and less frequently cited.…”