Web visualizations

A web visualization to develop an intuition for the value of the correlation coefficient is here.



R lab

A lab on how to carry out correlation in R, and related topics, is available here.


Learn R by example

We used R to analyze all examples in chapter 16. We’ve put the code here so that you can too.


Data

Download a .zip file with all the data for chapter 16 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 16.1. Flipping birds

Müller, M. S., et al. 2011. The Auk 128: 615-619.

Example 16.2. Wolf inbreeding

Liberg, O. H.,et al. 2005. Biology Letters 1: 17-20.

Example 16.5. Indian rope trick

Wiseman, R. and P. Lamont. 1996. Nature 383: 212-213.


Data for sets

16.01. Hyena age

Mathevon, N., et al. 2010. BMC Ecology 10: 9.

16.03. TB resistance

Barnes, I., A. Duda, O. G. Pybus, and M. G. Thomas. 2011. Evolution 65: 842-848.

16.05. Godwits

Gunnarsson, T. G., J. A. Gill, T. Sigurbjörnsson, and W. J. Sutherland. 2004. Nature 431: 646.

16.10. Earwig forceps

Tomkins, J. L. and G. S. Brown. 2004. Nature 431: 1099-1103.

16.12. Cricket immunity

Simmons, L. W. and B. Roberts. 2005. Science 309: 2031.

16.13. Lefthandedness and violence

Faurie, C. and M. Raymond. 2005. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 25-28.

16.14. Telomeres and stress

Epel, E. S., et al. 2004. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101: 17312-17315.

16.15. Language and grey matter

Mechelli, A., et al. 2004. Nature 431: 757.

16.16. Green space

Fuller, R. A., et al. 2007. Biology Letters 3: 390-394.

16.18. Liver preparation

Smallwood, R. H., D. J. Morgan, G. W. Mihaly, and R. A. Smallwood. 1998. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 16: 397-411.

16.19. Sleep and performance

Huber, R., M. F. Ghilardi, M. Massimini, and G. Tononi. 2004. Nature 430: 78-81.

16.21. Trillium recruitment

Jules, E. S. and B. J. Rathcke. 1999. Conservation Biology 13: 784-793.

16.22. Cocaine high

Volkow, N. D., et al. 1997. Nature 386: 827-830.

16.23. Chocolate and Nobel Prizes

Messerli, F. H. 2012. New England Journal of Medicine 367: 1562-1564.

16.24. Antibody tumor screening

Ridgway, P. F., et al. 2004. Journal of Surgical Research 122: 83-88.

16.25. Eyelash density

Amador, G. J., 2015. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12: 20141294.

16.26. Moths in the wind

Reynolds, A. M., et al. 2016. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371: 20150392.

16.27. Nitrogen and plant production

Stevens, C. J., 2015. Ecology 96: 1459-1465.

16.28. Wildlife collisions

Ellis, W. A., 2016. Biology Letters 12: 20160632