Space Shuttle Challenger

Keywords: binomial regression

Description

The data give the ambient temperature and the number of primary O-rings damaged for 23 of the 24 space shuttle launches before the launch of the space shuttle Challenger on January 20, 1986. (Challenger was the 25th shuttle. One engine was lost at sea and could not be examined.) Each space shuttle contains 6 primary O-rings.

The forecast temperate of the launching day of the Challenger was 31 degrees F.


	Variable		Description

	Temp		Ambient temperature
	Damaged		Number of O-rings damaged

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Data File (tab-delimited text)

Source

Chatterjee et al (1995). A casebook for a first course in statistics and data analysis. Wiley.

Analysis

Find a trend between probability of O-ring failure and temperature.