whales: Whales' 1km Swimming Times

Description Format Source

Description

The data are estimates of the time that each of 210 whales would take to swim 1km. Pairs of sightings and corresponding locations that could be reliably attributed to the same whale were collected, thus providing an estimate of velocity for each whale. The velocities were converted into times taken to swim 1km.

Format

A vector of 210 times.

Source

Rice, Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis 2nd ed, p.292. Originally from Raftery and Zeh (1993) Estimation of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, population size. In Gatsonis et al (eds), Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics, Springer LNS 83.


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