case0902 {Sleuth2} | R Documentation |
Why Do Some Mammals Have Large Brains for Their Size?
Description
The data are the average values of brain weight, body weight, gestation lengths (length of pregnancy) and litter size for 96 species of mammals.
Usage
case0902
Format
A data frame with 96 observations on the following 5 variables.
Species
species
Brain
average brain weight (in grams)
Body
average body weight (in kilograms)
Gestation
gestation period (in days)
Litter
average litter size
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
See Also
Examples
str(case0902)
pairs(log(Brain)~log(Body)+log(Litter)+Gestation, case0902)
[Package Sleuth2 version 2.0-7 Index]