[R] Source of chickwts data

[William Dunlap]

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> Subject: [R] Source of chickwts data
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> I'm not sure if this is the right mailing list. My apologies if I'm
> sending the question to the wrong mailing list.
> (The r-packages list moderator suggested using the R-help list.)
> 
> My question is about the "chickwts" data in the datasets package.
> According to help(chickwts), the source of the data is
> 
>  Anonymous (1948) Biometrika, 35, 214.
> 
> But this reference seems irrelevant.
> (See http://www.jstor.org/stable/i315414.)
> 
> The help document also gives "McNeil, D. R. (1977) Interactive Data
> Analysis. New York: Wiley" as a reference, but unfortunately my local
> library does not keep the book. Could someone please help me find the
> correct source of the data?

McNeil's book, page 30, attributes it to
  "Anonymous query, Biometrics, 1948, page 214"

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com  

> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Chirok
> 
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