The Fish Species Data files for GAMLSS
species: The number of different fish species (y=fish) was recorded for 70 lakes of the world together with
explanatory variable x=log(lake) area. The data are given and analyzed by Stein and Juritz (1988).
data(species)
Data frames each with the following variable.
fisha numeric vector showing the number of different species in 70 lakes in the word
lakea numeric vector showing the lake area
Data sets usefull for the GAMLSS booklet
Stein, G. Z. and Juritz, J. M. (1988). Linear models with an inverse Gaussian-Poisson error distribution. Communications in Statistics- Theory and Methods, 17, 557-571.
data(species) with(species, plot(fish~log(lake)))
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