Here are the data sets used in The Analysis of Biological Data in chapter 8, 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 8.1: Day of birth
----Ventura, S. J., J. A. Martin, S. C. Curtin, F. Menacker, and B. E. Hamilton. 2001. Births: final data for 1999. National Vital Statistics Reports Vol. 49, No. 1..

Example 8.5: Number of boys
----Rodgers, J. L., and D. Doughty. 2001. Chance Magazine Fall: 8–13.

Example 8.6: Mass extinctions
----Raup, D. M., and J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1982. Science 215: 1501–1503.

Problems:

Question 8.2: Powerball
----Chance News.

Question 8.3: Shad parasites
----Shaw, D. J., B. T. Grenfell, and A. P. Dobson. 1998. Parasitology 117: 597–610.

Question 8.4: Seedlings
----created for example.

Question 8.5: World Cup

Question 8.6: Sumo
----Duggan, M., and S. D. Leavitt. 2002. The American Economic Review 92: 1594–1605.

Question 8.14: Cavalry
----Bortkiewicz, L. 1898. Das Gesetz der Kleinen Zahlen (Teubner, Leipzig), as cited in Larson, R. J., and M. L. Marx. 1981. An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and its Applications. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Question 8.16: Truffles
----Waters, J. R., K. S. McKelvey, D. L. Luoam, and C. J. Zabel. 1997. Forest Ecology and Management 96: 155–166.

Question 8.17: Wrasse sexes

Question 8.18: Hurricanes
----Blake, E. S., E. N. Rappaport, J. D. Jarrell, and C. W. Landsea. 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-4.