Killing insects =============== Data: insecticides.dat Keywords: Logistic regression. Description: In a trial of three insecticides, batches of about fifty insects were exposed to varying deposits of each insecticide. Number of observations: 882 Variable Description killed Binary variable: killed=1, not-killed=0 insecticide Categorical variable identifying insecticide (numbered 1 to 3) deposit Amount of deposit (in milligrams) Source: Krzanowski, W.J. (1998) An Introduction to Statistical Modelling, London: Arnold. pp. 198-9.