DAAG (version 0.37)

orings: Challenger O-rings Data

Description

Record of the number and type of O-ring failures prior to the tragic Challenger mission in January, 1986.

Usage

data(orings)

source

Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Vol. 1, 1986: 129-131.

References

Tufte, E. R. 1997. Visual Explanations. Graphics Press, Cheshire, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Examples

data(orings)
oldpar <- par(mfrow=c(1,2))
plot(Total~Temperature, data = orings[c(1,2,4,11,13,18),]) # the 
               # observations included in the pre-launch charts
plot(Total~Temperature, data = orings)
par(oldpar)