Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Potency of three poisons

Keywords:

Categories:

biology;
generalized linear models

Description:

The data give the relative potency of three different poisons.

There are 17 observations on four variables.

Variables:

Kill	The number of insects killed
Number	The original number of insects
Poison	The type of poison; one of R (rotenone), D (deguelin) or M (mixture)
LogDose	The log of the dose

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

P J Green. Iteratively reweighted least squares for maximum likelihood estimation, and some robust and resistant alternatives (with discussion). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 46(2):149–192, 1984.

Notes:

References:

D J Finney. Probit analysis. Cambridge University Press, 1952.