ex0826 dataset

Kleiber's Law

The data are the average mass, metabolic rate, and lifespan for 95 species of mammals. Kleiber's law states that the metabolic rate of an animal species, on average, is proportional to its mass raised to the power of 3/4. data

ex0826

Format

A data frame with 95 observations on the following 5 variables.

• CommonName: the common name of the mammal species
• Species: the scientific name of the mammal species
• Mass: the average body mass in kg
• Metab: the average metabolic rate in kJ per day
• Life: the average lifespan in years

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.

Examples

str(ex0826)