lakemary                package:alr3                R Documentation

_L_a_k_e _M_a_r_y _b_l_u_e_g_i_l_l_s

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

     78 bluegills were captured from Lake Mary, Minnesota.  On each
     fish, a key scale was removed.  The age of a fish is determined by
     counting the number of annular rings on the scale.  The goal is to
     relate length at capture to the radius of the scale.

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _A_g_e Years

     _L_e_n_g_t_h mm

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

     Collected by Richard Frie, and discussed in S. Weisberg (1986), A
     linear model approach to the backcalculation of fish length, _J.
     Amer. Statist. Assoc._, 81, 922-929.

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

     Weisberg, S. (2005). _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition. New
     York: Wiley, Problem 11.2.1.

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

     data(lakemary)

