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Guineapig data
Description
Data derived from a study of the effects of nicotine on the development of guineapig offspring (Johns et al 1993). Ten pregnant guineapigs were injected with nicotine hydrogen tartite solution, and ten control guinea pigs were injected with saline solution as a control. Learning capabilities of offspring were then measured as the number of errors made when trying to remember where to find food in a simple maze. Data presented are not from the original paper- they have been generated to match the summary statistics reported in Johns et al (1993).
Usage
data(guineapig)
Format
A list containing two dataframes, oat and wheat, depending on the crop. Each
dataframe contains:
- errors
Number of errors made
- treatment
N=Nicotine, C=Control
References
Johns et al. (1993) The effects of chronic prenatal exposure to nicotine on the behavior of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). The Journal of General Psychology 120, 49-63.
Examples
data(guineapig)
plot(errors~treatment,data=guineapig)