Size Measurements for Penguins near Palmer Station, Antarctica
Source:R/data-documentation.R
peng_df.RdThis dataset, peng_df, is a data frame containing morphometric measurements for penguins observed near Palmer Station in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It includes data on three species across multiple islands, with variables for bill dimensions, flipper length, body mass, sex, and year of observation. Some observations may contain missing values.
Usage
data(peng_df)Format
A data frame with 333 observations and 8 variables:
- species
Penguin species (factor with 3 levels).
- island
Island of observation (factor with 3 levels).
- bill_length
Bill length in millimeters (numeric).
- bill_depth
Bill depth in millimeters (numeric).
- flipper_length
Flipper length in millimeters (integer).
- body_mass
Body mass in grams (integer).
- sex
Sex of the penguin (factor with 2 levels).
- year
Year of observation (integer).
Details
The data were originally sourced from the palmerpenguins dataset and are provided in the heplots package for illustrative and educational use in multivariate statistical analysis examples.
The dataset name has been kept as 'peng_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PenguinR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.