In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert J. MacG. Dawson) writes: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I once used as an example a published data-set on various >> breeds of puppies and their problem-solving abilities >> (a score of 8 denotes a puppy who solved all 8 tasks >> - e.g. tugging on a wooden dowel tied to the food dish). >> >> The data-set went >> >> Wirehaired Cocker >> Terrers Beagles Shelties Basenjis Spaniels >> 1 0 0 5 0 >> 6 6 0 8 0 >> ... ... ... ... ... >> 2 6 1 2 0 ...
> I googled "canine intelligence" and got this site > >http://www.petrix.com/dogint/index.html ... > Interestingly, in the site given above, basenjis were listed as second >last out of all species tested, and shelties among the highest. >_Pace_ basenji owners, this accords with my recollections too. Is it >possible that you have the sense of the data reversed? Quite possibly - I would have thought Shelties were highly intelligent. By contrast, the only beagle I have known personally was intelligent enough to open the fridge, intelligent enough to know that he'd get in trouble for opening it, but too thick to get out of the habit of opening the fridge door and then sitting & howling (without stealing any food) in anticipation of imminent punishment. > There is also some question as to what the three rows mean. The third >does not appear to be a summary of the first two. I'd just shown the first 2 & the last rows; the ...s represent elision. Sorry for causing confusion. > > -Robert Dawson Thanks for your response. I'm pretty sure I read the table in a statistics source rather than a "canine intelligence" source, as I have more interest in stats than in dogs! -- J.E.H.Shaw [Ewart Shaw] [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEL: +44 2476 523069 Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK http://www.warwick.ac.uk/statsdept http://www.ewartshaw.co.uk 3 ((4&({*.(=+/))++/=3:)@([:,/0&,^:(i.3)@|:"2^:2))&.>@]^:(i.@[) <#:3 6 2 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
