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Frogfood: Study of growth and food preference over age in frogs

Description

When an animal is to be harvested for food it is important to understand its growth pattern and energy requirement. In case of frogs it is of interest to study the relation age X body weight and fit a suitable curve. Further it appears that as age increases, the dietary pattern undergoes change. Hence it is also relevant to study relationship of age with each of 4 components of diet in variables of intake from crabs to total.

Usage

data(Frogfood)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 7 observations on the following 6 variables.
Age
Age in year group
Body_Weight
Body weight in grams
Intake_Crabs
Intake of crabs in grams
Intake_Insects
Intake of insects in grams
Intake_Larvae
Intake of larvae in grams
Total_intake
Total intake in grams

Source

http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/nvjoshi/statspunedatabook/databook.html

Details

Explore the use of linear regression, curvilinear regression, and examine their residuals.

Examples

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data(Frogfood)

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