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Data for Chapter 9 — Contingency analysis

Here are the data sets used in Chapter 9 of the 2nd edition of The Analysis of Biological Data in .csv (comma-separated) format. Most data sets used in the book are grabbed from graphs and tables in papers, and the values may not be exact.

Examples:

Example 9.2. Aspirin vs. cancer
Cook, N. R., et al. 2005. Journal of the American Medical Association 294: 47–55.

Example 9.3. Toxoplasmosis
Yereli, K., I. C. Balcioglu, and A. Ozbilgin. 2006. Forensic Science International 163:34–37.

Example 9.4. Parasite control of behavior
Lafferty, K. D., and A. K. Morris. 1996. Ecology 77: 1390–1397.

Example 9.5. Vampire bats and estrous
Turner, D. C. 1975. The vampire bat: a field study in behavior and ecology. Johns Hopkins Press: Baltimore, MD.

Problems:

Problem 09.01. Coffee and cancer
Wilson, K. M., et al. 2011. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103:1–9.

Problem 09.02. Divorce after diagnosis
Glanz, M. C., et al.. 2009. Cancer 115:5237–42.

Problem 09.04. Pigeon rumps
Palleroni, A., C. T. Miller, M. Hauser, and P. Marler. 2005. Nature 434: 973–974.

Problem 09.05. Malaria transmission
Koella, J.C., F. L. Sørensen, and R. A. Anderson. 1998. Proceedings of the Royal So-ciety of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 265: 763–768.

Problem 09.06. Redback spider sexual cannibalism
Andrade, M. C. B. 1996. Science 271: 70–72.

Problem 09.07. Reed frogs and fire
Grafe, T. U., S. Döbler, and K. E. Linsenmair. 2002. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 269: 999–1003.

Problem 09.08. Fish sex change
Hobbs, J.-P. A., P. L. Munday, and G. P. Jones. 2004. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 271: 2109–2114.

Problem 09.09. TV violence
Johnson, J. G., et al. 2002. Science 295: 2468–2471.

Problem 09.10. Drinking and heart disease
Doll, R., R. Peto, E. Hall, K. Wheatley, and R. Gray. 1994. British Medical Journal 309: 911–918.

Problem 09.11. Postnatal depression
Patel, R. R., D. J. Murphy, and T. J. Peters. 2005. British Medical Journal 330: 879.

Problem 09.12. Migraines with auras
Schwerzmann, M., et al. 2005. Neurology 65: 1415–1418.

Problem 09.14. Mediterranean diet
Trichopoulou, A., et al. 2005. British Medical Journal 330: 991–997.

Problem 09.16. Prairie dog multiple mating
Hoogland, J. L. 1998. Animal Behaviour 55: 351–359.

Problem 09.17. Intuition about lying
Young, E. 2002. New Scientist (www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2054 ). Accessed February 5, 2012.

Problem 09.19. Contagious yawning
Provine, R. R. 1989. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 27: 211–214.

Problem 09.20. Daycare and leukemia
Gilham, C., et al. 2005. British Medical Journal, doi:10.1136/bmj.38428.521042.8F.

Problem 09.21. Blue termites
Šobotník, J., et al. 2012. Science 337: 436-436.

Problem 09.22. Self recognition
Keenan, J. P., et al. 2001. Nature 409: 305.

Problem 09.24. Heat and sterility
Rohmer, C., J. R. David, B. Moreteau, and D. Joly. 2004. The Journal of Experimental Biology 207:2735-2743.

Problem 09.26. Just because
Langer, E., A. Blank, and B. Chanowitz. 1978. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 36:635-642.

Problem 09.27. Bereavement and health
Maddison, D., and A. Viola. 1968. The health of widows in the year following bereavement. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 12: 297[1/n]306.

Problem 09.29. Denomination effect
Journal of Consumer Research 36:701-713.

Problem 09.30. Firearms and suicide
Brent, D.A., et al. 1993. American Journal of Diseases of Children 147:1066-1071.

Problem 09.31. Nectar spurs
Johnson, S. D., and K. E. Steiner. 1997. Evolution 51: 45-53.

Problem 09.33. Kuru
Mead, S., et al. 2009. New England Journal of Medicine 361: 2056-2065.