Resources for Chapter 9:
Contingency analysis
Web visualizations
A web visualization of the relationship between contingency analysis and the \(\chi\)2 distribution is here.
A set of instructions to work through this visualization tool is one of the activities in the tutorial for this topic.
Learn R by example
We used R to analyze all examples in chapter 9. We’ve put the code here so that you can too.
Data files
Data for examples
Example 9.2. Aspirin vs. cancer
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Example 9.4. Parasite control of behavior
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Example 9.5. Vampire bats and estrous
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Data for problem sets
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07. Redback spider sexual cannibalism
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11. Drinking and heart disease
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18. Prairie dog multiple mating
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19. Plasma transfusion on the go
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36. Vaccination against Lyme Disease
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Bulk data
Download a .zip file with all the data for chapter 9 in .csv format here.
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.