birds: Qualitative data : morphological description of birds
Description
The dataset contains details on the morphology of birds
(puffins). Each individual (bird) is described by 6
qualitative variables. One variable for the gender and 5
variables giving a morphological description of the
birds. There is 69 puffins divided in 2 sub-classes:
lherminieri (34) and subalaris (35).
Format
A data frame with 69 observations on the following 5 variables. gender- a numeric vector defining the gender (2 modalities, male or female).
eyebrow- a numeric vector describing the eyebrow stripe (4 modalities).
collar- a numeric vector describing the collar (5 modalities).
sub-caudal- a numeric vector describing the sub-caudal (5 modalities).
border- a numeric vector describing the border (3 modalities).
Source
Bretagnolle, V., 2007. Personal communication, source:
Museum.