Web visualizations

A web visualization that demonstrates the properties of the mean calculated from a saample here.


A web visualization that demonstrates the idea of the confidence interval here.


R lab

A lab on how to compute confidence intervals for means in R, and related topics, is available here.


Learn R by example

We used R to analyze all examples in chapter 4. We’ve put the code here so that you can too.


Data

Download a .zip file with all the data for chapter 4 in .csv format here.

Download a .zip file with all data sets in the book here.

All data sets and their sources are listed individually below.

Disclaimer: Most data sets used in the book are grabbed from graphs and tables in the original publications, and the values may not be exact. Contact the original authors for the raw data.


Data for examples

Example 4.1. Human gene lengths

Zerbino, D. R. et al. 2018. Nucleic Acids Research 46: D754–D761.


Data for problem sets

07. Firefly flashes

Cratsley, C. K., and S. M. Lewis. 2003. Behavioral Ecology 14: 135–140.

09. Gene regulatory networks

Guelzim, N., S. Bottani, P. Bourgine, and F. Képès. 2002. Nature Genetics 31: 60–63.

18. Corpse flowers

Beath, D. D. 1996. Journal of Ecological Ecology 12:409-418.