ex0826

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.

datasets

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

Berwin Turlach

Sleuth3

Data Sets from Ramsey and Schafer's "Statistical Sleuth (3rd
Ed)"

ex0826 function

A data frame with 95 observations on the following 5 variables.<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>CommonName</dt><dd>the common name of the mammal species</dd>
 <dt>Species</dt><dd>the scientific name of the mammal species</dd>
 <dt>Mass</dt><dd>the average body mass in kg</dd>
 <dt>Metab</dt><dd>the average metabolic rate in kJ per day</dd>
 <dt>Life</dt><dd>the average lifespan in years</dd>
 </dl>

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Kleiber's Law — ex0826

A data frame with 95 observations on the following 5 variables.<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>CommonName</dt><dd>the common name of the mammal species</dd>
 <dt>Species</dt><dd>the scientific name of the mammal species</dd>
 <dt>Mass</dt><dd>the average body mass in kg</dd>
 <dt>Metab</dt><dd>the average metabolic rate in kJ per day</dd>
 <dt>Life</dt><dd>the average lifespan in years</dd>
 </dl>

ex0826: Kleiber's Law

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