Gorillas

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Provides most of the data files used in the textbook "Scientific Research and Methodology" by Dunn (2025, ISBN:9781032496726; forthcoming).

Peter K Dunn

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Data Files Supporting "Scientific Research and Methodology" by
Peter K. Dunn (2025)

Peter K. Dunn 

Gorillas function

A data frame with 25 rows (one per gorilla) and 7 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Male</dt>
<dd>An identifier</dd> <dt>NoChestBeats</dt>
<dd>The number of chest beats</dd> <dt>FocalTime</dt>
<dd>The focal time in hours 
 (i.e., time spent watching gorilla)</dd> <dt>ChestBeatRate</dt>
<dd>The rate of chest beating, in beats per 10 hours</dd> <dt>BackBreadth</dt>
<dd>The breadth of the gorilla's back, in cm</dd> <dt>Age</dt>
<dd>Mean age during the study period, in years</dd> <dt>Age20</dt>
<dd>Whether the gorillas is aged under 20 or not; 
 one of <code>Younger</code> or <code>Older</code></dd>
</dl>

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Chest-beating rates in gorillas — Gorillas

A data frame with 25 rows (one per gorilla) and 7 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Male</dt>
<dd>An identifier</dd>

 <dt>NoChestBeats</dt>
<dd>The number of chest beats</dd>

 <dt>FocalTime</dt>
<dd>The focal time in hours 
 (i.e., time spent watching gorilla)</dd>

 <dt>ChestBeatRate</dt>
<dd>The rate of chest beating, in beats per 10 hours</dd>

 <dt>BackBreadth</dt>
<dd>The breadth of the gorilla's back, in cm</dd>

 <dt>Age</dt>
<dd>Mean age during the study period, in years</dd>

 <dt>Age20</dt>
<dd>Whether the gorillas is aged under 20 or not; 
 one of <code>Younger</code> or <code>Older</code></dd>


</dl>

Gorillas: Chest-beating rates in gorillas

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