Analysis of Biological Data


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Here are the data sets used in The Analysis of Biological Data in chapter 2, in .csv (comma-separated) format. Most data sets used in the book are grabbed from graphs and tables in papers, and the values may not be exact.

Examples:

Example 2.1a: Causes of teenage deaths
----Anderson, R. N. 2001. Deaths: Leading causes for 1999. National vital statistics reports; vol 49 no 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics..

Example 2.1b: Desert bird census
----Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2003. The North American breeding bird survey, results and analysis 1966 - 2002. Version 2003.1, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

Example 2.1c: Sockeye female body mass
----Hendry, A. P., O. K. Berg, and T. P. Quinn. 1999. Oikos 85: 499-514..

Example 2.3: Great tit malaria
----Oppliger, A., P. Christe, and H. Richner. 1996. Nature 381: 565.

Example 2.4: Hemoglobin high altitudes
----inferred from Beall, C. M., et al. 2002. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 99: 17215–17218.

Example 2.5a: Guppy attractiveness
----inferred from Brooks, R. 2000. Nature 406: 67-70.

Example 2.5b: Lynx population cycles
----Elton, C. and M. Nicholson. 1942. Journal of Animal Ecology 11: 215–244.

 

Problems:

Question 2.6: Endangered species
----U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2001. Number of U.S. listed species per calendar year. Data.

Question 2.10: Shuttle disaster
----Dalal, S. R., E. B. Fowlkes, and B. Hoadley. 1989. Journal of the American Statistical Association 408: 945-957.

Question 2.16: Criminal convictions
----Farrington, D. P. 1994. Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development [Great Britain], 1961-1981. 2nd ICPSR ed. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI. Data..

Question 2.17: Convictions and income
----Farrington, D. P. 1994. Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development [Great Britain], 1961-1981. 2nd ICPSR ed. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI. Data.

Question 2.18: Firefly spermatophore mass
----inferred from Cratsley, C. K. and S. M. Lewis. 2003. Behavioral Ecology 14: 135–140.

Question 2.23: Neotropical tree photosynthesis
----inferred from Wheelwright, N. T. and B. A. Logan. 2004. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101: 8051–8055.