

   SSuurrvviivvaall ooff RRaattss aafftteerr RRaaddiiaattiioonn DDoosseess

   AArrgguummeennttss::

       dose: The dose of radiation administered (rads).

       surv: The survival rate of the batches expressed as a
             percentage.

   SSUUMMMMAARRYY::

        The `survival' data frame has 14 rows and 2 columns.

        The data measured the survival percentages of batches
        of rats who were given varying doses of radiation.  At
        each of 6 doses there were two or three replications of
        the experiment.

   DDAATTAA DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN::

        This data frame contains the following columns:

   SSOOUURRCCEE::

        The data were obtained from

        Efron, B. (1988) Computer-intensive methods in statis-
        tical regression.  SIAM Review, 30, 421-449.

   OOTTHHEERR RREEFFEERREENNCCEESS::

        Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V. (1997) Bootstrap Meth-
        ods and Their Application. Cambridge University Press.

