Sample Data Sets

Fish Data

The Fish data set contains measurements of 159 fish caught in Finland’s Lake Laengelmavesi (Puranen 1917).

The following list describes each variable.

species: species of fish
weight: weight of the fish, in grams
length1: length of the fish from the nose to the beginning of the tail, in centimeters
length2: length of the fish from the nose to the notch of the tail, in centimeters
length3: length of the fish from the nose to the end of the tail, in centimeters
height: maximum height of the fish, in centimeters
width: maximum width of the fish, in centimeters

In addition to these variables, the data set contains the following transformed variables.