This is Dataplot data file CHALLENG.DAT
NASA Challenger Disaster Data
Launch Date = January 28, 1986
Projected Temperature = 31 degrees F
Source--Edward Tufte Handout & NASA & Morton Thiokol
Number of Observations = 24
Number of Variables per line image = 4
Order of Variables on a line image--
1. Response 1 = Number of Failed O-Rings (0, 1, 2, or 3)
2. Response 2 = Type of Failure (0 = No Damage
1 = Primary O-Ring Heating
2 = Primary O-Ring Erosion
3 = Primary O-Ring Blowby
4 = Secondary O-Ring Heating
3. Factor 1 = Flight ID (1 to 24)
4. Factor 2 = Temperature
To read this into Dataplot--
SKIP 25
READ CHALLENG.DAT Y1 Y2 FLIGHT TEMP
# of Primary Flight Temperature
Failed Type of
O-Rings Failure
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0 0 1 66
1 2 2 70
0 0 3 69
0 0 4 80
0 0 5 68
0 0 6 67
0 0 7 72
0 0 8 73
0 0 9 70
1 2 10 57
1 1 11 63
0 0 12 78
1 2 13 70
0 0 14 67
3 3 15 53
0 0 16 75
0 0 17 67
0 0 18 70
0 0 19 81
0 0 20 76
0 0 21 79
2 3 22 75
0 0 23 76
1 2 24 58