ex2223: Space Shuttle O-Ring Failures
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On January 27, 1986, the night before the space shuttle
Challenger exploded, an engineer recommended to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that the shuttle not be
launched in the cold weather. The forecasted temperature for the
Challenger launch was 31 degrees Fahrenheit—the coldest
launch ever. After an intense 3-hour telephone conference, officials
decided to proceed with the launch. This data frame contains the
launch temperatures and the number of O-ring problems in 24 shuttle
launches prior to the Challenger.
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A data frame with 24 observations on the following 2 variables.
TempLaunch temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit)
IncidentNumbers of O-ring incidents
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
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Description
On January 27, 1986, the night before the space shuttle Challenger exploded, an engineer recommended to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that the shuttle not be launched in the cold weather. The forecasted temperature for the Challenger launch was 31 degrees Fahrenheit—the coldest launch ever. After an intense 3-hour telephone conference, officials decided to proceed with the launch. This data frame contains the launch temperatures and the number of O-ring problems in 24 shuttle launches prior to the Challenger.
Usage
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Format
A data frame with 24 observations on the following 2 variables.
TempLaunch temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit)
IncidentNumbers of O-ring incidents
Source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.
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Examples
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