This is a classical developmental toxicology data set. Pregnant banded Dutch rabbits
were treated with one of four levels of a chemical. The actual doses are not known,
instead the groups are designated as Control, Low, Medium, and High. Before term the
animals were sacrificed, and the total number of fetuses, as well as the number affected
by the treatment was recorded.
Usage
data(shelltox)
Arguments
Format
A 'CBData' object, that is a data frame with the following variables
Trt
factor giving treatment group
ClusterSize
the size of the litter
NResp
the number of affected fetuses
Freq
the number of litters with the given ClusterSize/NResp combination