To open R with the dataset preloaded, right-click here and choose "Save Target As" to download the file to your computer. Then find the downloaded file and double-click it to open it in R.
The data have been loaded into the data frame a
. Enter the command a
to see the data. The variables in a
are animal
, gestation
, and longevity
.
animal
: the name of the animal speciesgestation
: the average gestation period of the species, in dayslongevity
: the average longevity of the species, in yearsNotice that the correlation between gestation and longevity has changed.