Melanopus {glmtoolbox}

Assay of an Insecticide with a Synergist

Description

These data are concerned with the estimation of the lowest-cost mixtures of insecticides and synergists. They relate to assays on a grasshopper Melanopus sanguinipes with carbofuran and piperonyl butoxide, which enhances carbofuran's toxicity.

Usage

data(Melanopus)

Format

A data frame with 15 rows and 4 variables:

Killed

a numeric vector indicating how many grasshoppers were killed.

Exposed

a numeric vector indicating how many grasshoppers were exposed.

Insecticide

a numeric vector indicating the dose of insecticide.

Synergist

a numeric vector indicating the dose of synergist.

References

McCullagh P., Nelder J.A. (1989). Generalized Linear Models. 2nd Edition. Chapman and Hall, London.

Wei B.C. (1998). Exponential Family Nonlinear Models. Springer, Singapore.