wolfinger {asreml}R Documentation

Growth curve study on rats

Description

Weekly body weights of three treatment groups of rats.

Usage

wolfinger

Format

A data frame with 6 columns and 27 rows:

Treatment

A factor with 3 levels

wt0

Body weight at week 1

wt1

Body weight at week 2

wt2

Body weight at week 3

wt3

Body weight at week 4

wt4

Body weight at week 5

Details

A total of 27 rats was divided randomly into 3 groups of 10, 7 and 10, respectively. Group 1 were kept as a control, group 2 had thyroxin and group 3 had thiouracil added to their drinking water. Five weekly measurements were taken on each individual.

References

Box GEP (1950). “Analysis of Growth and Wear Curves.” Biometrics, 6, 362-389.


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