Soils

Properties of soil and the California Bearing Ratio.

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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

SRMData

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

Peter K. Dunn 

Soils function

A data frame with 16 rows (each sample) and 12 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Sample</dt>
<dd>An identifier</dd> <dt>Gravel</dt>
<dd>The percentage of gravel in the sample</dd> <dt>Sand</dt>
<dd>The percentage of sand in the sample</dd> <dt>Clay</dt>
<dd>The percentage of clay in the sample</dd> <dt>PI</dt>
<dd>Plasticity index (PI, a measure of the plasticity of the soil</dd> <dt>CBR</dt>
<dd>The California Bearing Ratio, a measure of flexibility, 
 as a percentage</dd>
</dl>

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Soil properties — Soils

A data frame with 16 rows (each sample) and 12 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Sample</dt>
<dd>An identifier</dd>

 <dt>Gravel</dt>
<dd>The percentage of gravel in the sample</dd>

 <dt>Sand</dt>
<dd>The percentage of sand in the sample</dd>

 <dt>Clay</dt>
<dd>The percentage of clay in the sample</dd>

 <dt>PI</dt>
<dd>Plasticity index (PI, a measure of the plasticity of the soil</dd>

 <dt>CBR</dt>
<dd>The California Bearing Ratio, a measure of flexibility, 
 as a percentage</dd>


</dl>

Soils: Soil properties

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