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One way to kill a cat

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Categories:
regression, weighted regression;
biology
Description:
The dataset gives the lethal doses of ouabain to kill a cat. given at four different rates. There are a different number of observations for each rate.

There are 41 observations on two variables.

Variables:
Dose The dose of ouabain needed at the given rate (units not given)
Rate The rate at which ouabain was injected (in mg/kg/min divided by 1045.75)
Data Quality:
There are no missing values.
Source:
Hand et al. dataset 370.
Notes:
A useful dataset for demonstrating weighted regression.
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