Datasets for loo examples and vignettes

Description

Small datasets for use in loo examples and vignettes. The Kline and milk datasets are also included in the rethinking package (McElreath, 2016a), but we include them here as rethinking is not yet on CRAN.

Format

Kline

Small dataset from Kline and Boyd (2010) on tool complexity and demography in Oceanic islands societies. This data is discussed in detail in McElreath (2016a,2016b). (Link to variable descriptions)

milk

Small dataset from Hinde and Milligan (2011) on primate milk composition.This data is discussed in detail in McElreath (2016a,2016b). (Link to variable descriptions)

References

Hinde and Milligan. 2011. Evolutionary Anthropology 20:9-23.

Kline, M.A. and R. Boyd. 2010. Proc R Soc B 277:2559–2564.

McElreath, R. (2016a). rethinking: Statistical Rethinking book package. R package version 1.59.

McElreath, R. (2016b). Statistical rethinking: A Bayesian course with examples in R and Stan. Chapman & Hall/CRC.

Examples

str(Kline)
str(milk)