donkeys {paranomo}	R Documentation         Donkey measurements

Description

A dataset of donkey sizes and weights collected in Kenya 2010, on
behalf of The Donkey Sanctuary.

Format

A data frame with 544 rows and 8 variables

Details
The variables are:

BCS. Body condition score: an ordinal scale running from 1 (emaciated) to 5 (obese) in steps of 0.5

Age. Age in intervals: <2, 2-5, etc

Sex. Sex: stallion, gelding, female

Length. Length in cm

Girth. Girth in cm

Height. Height in cm

Weight. Weight in kg

WeightAlt. Reweights for a subset

Details of these measurements are available in the paper cited
below. BCS, Age and Sex are represented as unordered factors. The
WeightAlt variable was used to check the accuracy of the weighing
process, and may be deleted.

References

K. Milner and J.C. Rougier, 2014, How to weigh a donkey in the Kenyan
countryside, Signifiance Magazine, volume 11 issue 4, pages 40-43,
DOI:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00768.x.

@Article{,
    title = {How to weigh a donkey in the Kenyan countryside},
    author = {K. Milner and J.C. Rougier},
    journal = {Significance},
    year = {2014},
    volume = {11},
    number = {4},
    pages = {40-43},
}

The Donkey Sanctuary, registered UK charity number 264818,
http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/

Examples

donkeys <- read.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roualdes/data/master/donkeys.csv")
head(donkeys)

[Package paranomo version 1.1 Index]