You are working with the text-only light edition of "H.Lohninger: Teach/Me Data Analysis, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York-Tokyo, 1999. ISBN 3-540-14743-8". Click here for further information.
| You are working with the text-only light edition of "H.Lohninger: Teach/Me Data Analysis, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York-Tokyo, 1999. ISBN 3-540-14743-8". Click here for further information.
|
Table of Contents  Appendix Exercises Fish Weight |
|
| See also: survey of exercises, regression |   |
The
following 
shows how to apply simple regression to estimate the weight of a fish from
its dimensions. The data set used
in this example has been extracted from a publication about the Finnish
fishing industry 
. Data concerning several species of perch has been
collected.
Note: the interactive example above gives you a quick introduction.
For more extensive calculations with the fish data, you may want to start
up the 
.
You should pay attention to setting up a regression model with more than
one species envolved (hint: use an indicator variable for the various kinds
of fish).
Last Update: 2005-Jul-16