| chimpanzeesDF {causact} | R Documentation |
Data from behavior trials in a captive group of chimpanzees, housed in Lousiana. From Silk et al. 2005. Nature 437:1357-1359 and further popularized in McElreath, Richard. Statistical rethinking: A Bayesian course with examples in R and Stan. CRC press, 2020. Experiment
Description
Data from behavior trials in a captive group of chimpanzees, housed in Lousiana. From Silk et al. 2005. Nature 437:1357-1359 and further popularized in McElreath, Richard. Statistical rethinking: A Bayesian course with examples in R and Stan. CRC press, 2020. Experiment
Usage
chimpanzeesDF
Format
A data frame with 504 rows and 9 variables:
- actor
name of actor
- recipient
name of recipient (NA for partner absent condition)
- condition
partner absent (0), partner present (1)
- block
block of trials (each actor x each recipient 1 time)
- trial
trial number (by chimp = ordinal sequence of trials for each chimp, ranges from 1-72; partner present trials were interspersed with partner absent trials)
- prosoc_left
prosocial_left : 1 if prosocial (1/1) option was on left
- chose_prosoc
choice chimp made (0 = 1/0 option, 1 = 1/1 option)
- pulled_left
which side did chimp pull (1 = left, 0 = right)
- treatment
narrative description combining condition and prosoc_left that describes the side the prosical food option was on and whether a partner was present
Source
Silk et al. 2005. Nature 437:1357-1359..