asbio (version 1.0-5)

life.exp: Mouse life expectancy data.

Description

Weindruch et al. (1986) compared life expectancy of field mice given different diets. To accomplish this, the authors randomly assigned 244 mice to one of four diet treatments.

Usage

data(life.exp)

source

Ramsey, F. L., and D. W. Schafer (1997) The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis. Duxbury Press, Belmont, CA.

References

Weindruch, R., Walford, R. L., Fligiel, S., and D. Guthrie (1986) The retardation of aging in mice by dietary restriction: longevity, cancer, immunity and lifetime energy intake. The Journal of nutrition 116 (4): 641-54.

Examples

data(life.exp)
## maybe str(life.exp) ; plot(life.exp) ...