mammals                 package:boot                 R Documentation

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

     The `mammals' data frame has 62 rows and 2 columns.

     The data give average brain weight and average body weight for 62
     different species of land mammals.  Each row in the data frame is
     named with the name of the species whose measurements are in the
     row.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(mammals)

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     `_b_o_d_y' The average body weight for the species (in kilogrammes).

     `_b_r_a_i_n' The average brain weight for the species (in grammes).

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

     The data were obtained from

     Weisberg, S. (1985) Applied Linear Regression (Second edition).
     John Wiley.

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

     Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V. (1997)  Bootstrap Methods and
     Their Application. Cambridge University Press.

     Venables, W.N. and Ripley, B.D. (1994)  Modern Applied Statistics
     with S-Plus. Springer-Verlag.

