Analyzing Chimpanzee Behavior (1): Activity Budgets – Primate Learning in Action

Analyzing Chimpanzee Behavior (1): Activity Budgets

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Throughout this series you will learn about chimpanzee behavior and the basics of analyzing focal data and working with excel files, using real data from the Kanyawara community of chimpanzees in Uganda studied by the Kibale Chimpanzee Project. This module focuses on chimpanzee activity budgets. This is the first module in a series of four.

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Target Audience: University and High School Students; Scientists and Professors

This module includes the following materials:

  • Module 1 Instructions and excel file [XLSX]
  • Example video of a Kanyawara chimpanzee focal, illustrating relevant behavior:

Funding Support for Module: NSF #1926737 to Zarin Machanda

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