wiepkema: Wiepkema's (1961) historical data

In sequence: Analysis of Sequences of Events

Description

Succession matrix for the sexual courtship of the gorchak fish (Rhodeus sericeus, cyprinidae)

Usage

data(wiepkema)

Format

A data frame with 12 observations on the following 13 variables.

id

factor: levels chf chs ffl fl hb hdp jk le qu sk sn tu

jk

numeric: jerking

tu

numeric: turning

hb

numeric: head butting

chs

numeric: chasing

fl

numeric: fleeing

qu

numeric: quivering

le

numeric: leading

hdp

numeric: head-down

sk

numerics: kimming

sn

numeric: snapping

chf

numeric: chafing

ffl

numeric: finflickering

Details

Historical data of Wipkema (1961) consisting in the succession of patterns in the sexual courtship of a fish. Treated by this author by Principal Component Analysis.

Source

Wiepkema, P. R. 1961. An ethological analysis of the reproductive behaviour of the bitterling. Arch Neerl Zool, 14, 103-199.

References

Van der Heijden, P. G. M. (1990). Correspondance analysis of transition matrices, with special attention to missing entries and asymmetry. Animal Behaviour, 39, 49-64.

Examples

data(wiepkema)
# Symmetrization and diagonal loading before a CA
swiepkema <- symet(wiepkema,ident=TRUE)
ca(swiepkema)

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