Are tall people natural leaders?

Statistics 7 August 2005 | 0 Comments

In all but three American presidential elections this century, the taller man has won. I’ve read alot of stuff about tall people being natural leaders. Certainly history has shown us that many leaders have been tall. (Have a look at my Ultimate height list.)
I’ve been looking around for some statistical proof of this. I found this. It shows the frequencies with which 43 short men and 52 tall men were classified as “followers,” “unclassifiable,” or “leaders”

The Conclusion:

There is an interaction between height and the extent to which men are classified with regard to their leadership qualities. By inspection of the data, we can see that tall men are overrepresented in the leadership category, and short men are overrepresented in the follower category.

Also

Professor Tim Judge, University of Florida has said:
“When humans evolved as a species and still lived in the jungles or the plain, they ascribed leader-like qualities to tall people because they thought they would be better able to protect them. Although that was thousands of years ago, evolutionary psychologists would argue that some of those old patterns still operate in our perceptions today.”

If anyone has any other stats on this. Please comment.

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