Revisiting the Challenger Dataset with GLMs

Let’s revisit the Challenger dataset with GLMs.

We'll cover the following

R packages

We’ll use the following R packages in this chapter:

  • faraway
  • arm
  • ggplot2
  • Sleuth3

Introduction

This course began with a brief analysis of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Let’s finish this course by revisiting that example and use it to consider some of the key points of this course.

The binary data

We can express the pattern of fuel leaks on previous shuttle launches in different ways, including in the form of binary data.

The data frame

The data frame is called ex2011 and can be found in the R package Sleuth3:

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