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Fish Data Description

This document summarizes a dataset containing measurements of 159 fish from 7 species caught in a lake in Finland. The dataset includes 8 variables such as species, weight, length, height, and width. It describes the variables and provides some statistical analyses that have been conducted on the data, especially focusing on perch fish data. It also references the original source of the data and information about the submitter of the dataset.

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Fish Data Description

This document summarizes a dataset containing measurements of 159 fish from 7 species caught in a lake in Finland. The dataset includes 8 variables such as species, weight, length, height, and width. It describes the variables and provides some statistical analyses that have been conducted on the data, especially focusing on perch fish data. It also references the original source of the data and information about the submitter of the dataset.

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NAME: fishcatch

TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 159 observations, 8 variables

DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT:

159 fishes of 7 species are caught and measured. Altogether there are
8 variables. All the fishes are caught from the same lake
(Laengelmavesi) near Tampere in Finland.

SOURCES:
Brofeldt, Pekka: Bidrag till kaennedom on fiskbestondet i vaera
sjoear. Laengelmaevesi. T.H.Jaervi: Finlands Fiskeriet Band 4,
Meddelanden utgivna av fiskerifoereningen i Finland.
Helsingfors 1917

VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS:

1 Obs Observation number ranges from 1 to 159


2 Species (Numeric)
Code Finnish Swedish English Latin
1 Lahna Braxen Bream Abramis brama
2 Siika Iiden Whitewish Leusiscus idus
3 Saerki Moerten Roach Leuciscus rutilus
4 Parkki Bjoerknan ? Abramis bjrkna
5 Norssi Norssen Smelt Osmerus eperlanus
6 Hauki Jaedda Pike Esox lucius
7 Ahven Abborre Perch Perca fluviatilis

3 Weight Weight of the fish (in grams)


4 Length1 Length from the nose to the beginning of the tail (in cm)
5 Length2 Length from the nose to the notch of the tail (in cm)
6 Length3 Length from the nose to the end of the tail (in cm)
7 Height% Maximal height as % of Length3
8 Width% Maximal width as % of Length3
9 Sex 1 = male 0 = female

___/////___ _
/ \ ___ |
/\ \_ / / H
< ) __) \ |
\/_\\_________/ \__\ _

|------- L1 -------|
|------- L2 ----------|
|------- L3 ------------|

Values are aligned and delimited by blanks.


Missing values are denoted with NA.
There is one data line for each case.

SPECIAL NOTES:
I have usually calculated
Height = Height%*Length3/100
Widht = Widht%*Length3/100

PEDAGOGICAL NOTES:
I have mainly used only Species=7 (Perch) and here is some of the
models and test, we have used

Weight=a+b*(Length3*Height*Width)+epsilon
Ho: a=0;
Heteroscedastic case. Question: What is proper weighting,
if you use Length3 as a weighting variable.

Log(Weight)=a+b1*Length3+epsilon

Weight^(1/3)=a+b1*Length3+epsilon
(Given by Box-Cox-transformation)
Ho: a=0;

Log(Weight)=a+b1*Length3+b2*Height+b3*Width+epsilon
Ho: b1+b2+b3=3;
i.e. dimension of the fish = 3

Weight^(1/3)=a+b1*Length3+b2*Height+b3*Width+epsilon
(Given by Box-Cox-transformation)
Ho: a=0;

Weight=a*Length3^b1*Height^b2*Width^b3+epsilon
Nonlinear, heteroscedastic case.
What is proper weighting?

Is obs 143

143 7 840.0 32.5 35.0 37.3 30.8 20.9 0

an outlier? It had in its stomach 6 roach.

REFERENCES:
Brofeldt, Pekka: Bidrag till kaennedom on fiskbestondet i vaara
sjoear. Laengelmaevesi. T.H.Jaervi: Finlands Fiskeriet Band 4,
Meddelanden utgivna av fiskerifoereningen i Finland.
Helsingfors 1917

SUBMITTED BY:
Juha Puranen
Departement of statistics
PL33 (Aleksanterinkatu 7)
000014 University of Helsinki
Finland
e-mail: [email protected]

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