Data files

Data sets used in Quantifying Life

Data files, if any, are tab-delimited text files with a header line, they are linked to the verbal description. Links to sources are in parentheses.

Data sets for computational projects in Chapters 3, 8, and 9
kong_mutation_data (Kong, et al)
Insulin over time
KaiC expression (Akiyama, et al)

Data sets for exercises in Chapters 3 and 5:
population of Chicago
Blacknose dace in streams
TB cases in US cities
kong_mutation_data (Kong, et al)

Data set in text of Chapter 3:
Bacillus length (Watkins)

Data set in computational project in Chapter 6:
Moray eels in different habitats (Young and Winn)

Data sets in text of Chapter 6:
Maternal age and Down’s syndrome (Malone, et al)
Race and stop-and-frisk (US Census)

Data sets in text of Chapter 8:
body temperature and heart rates (Mackowiak)
body leanness and heat loss (Sloan and Keatinge)
macaroni penguins on a treadmill (Green, et al)