Last data update: 2014.03.03

R: Butterfat Data
butterfat.dfR Documentation

Butterfat Data

Description

This data gives the mean percentage of butterfat produced by different Canadian pure-bred diary cattle. There are five different breeds and two age groups, two years old and greater than five years old. For each combination of breed and age, there are measurements for 10 cows.

Usage

data (butterfat.df)

Format

A data frame with 100 observations on 3 variables.

[,1] Butterfat numeric Mean percentage of butterfat per cow
[,2] Breed factor Breed (ayrshire, canadian, guernesy, holst.fres, jersey)
[,3] Age factor Age group (2yo, mature)

Source

A Handbook of Small Data Sets

References

Hand, D.J., Daly, F., Lunn, A.D., McConway, K.J. & Ostrowski, E. (1994). A Handbook of Small Data Sets. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman and Hall/CRC.

Sokal, R.R. & Rohlf, F.J. (1981). Biometry, 2nd edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 368.

Results