1.1 Other measurements taken from the 40 VT and NH lakes, in addition to species richness and biovolume, are used for this problem and the next one. The algae data and documentation are available on the Wiley web site, ftp://ftp.wiley.com/sci_tech_med/applied_statistics .
a) Since species richness is count data, try taking the square root transformation. Recompute the descriptive statistics and replot the graphs. Do you think anything is gained by transforming the data? Comment on the normality of species richness and square root of species richness.