ex2414 dataset

Amphibian Crisis and UV-B

Data frame contains the percentage of unsuccessful hatching from enclosures containing 150 eggs each in a study to investigate whether UV-B is responsible for low hatch rates. data

ex2414

Format

A data frame with 71 observations on the following 4 variables.

• Percent: percentage of frog eggs failing to hatch
• Treatment: factor variable with levels "NoFilter", "UV-BTransmitting" and "UV-BBlocking"
• Location: factor variable with levels "ThreeCreeks", "SparksLake", "SmallLake" and "LostLake"
• Photolyase: Photolyase activity

Source

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

References

Blaustein, A.R., Hoffman, P.D., Hokit, D.G., Kiesecker, J.M., Walls, S.C. and Hays, J.B. (1994). UV Repair and Resistance to Solar UV-B in Amphibian Eggs: A Link to Population Declines? Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 91 : 1791--1795.

Examples

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