brains                 package:alr3                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The data provided gives the average body weight in kilograms and
     the average brain weight in grams for sixty-two species of
     mammals.

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _C_a_s_e._n_a_m_e_s Species name. 

     _B_r_a_i_n_W_t Brain weight, grams 

     _B_o_d_y_W_t Body weight, kg 

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Allison, T. and Cicchetti, D. (1976). Sleep in mammals: Ecology
     and constitutional correlates. _Science_, 194, 732-734.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Weisberg, S. (2005). _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition. 
     New York: Wiley, Section 7.1.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(brains)

