The Cholostyramine Data, Table 7.4, p.72 The `cholost.df' data frame has 164 rows and 2 columns. 164 men were supposed to take 6 packets per day of the cholesterol- lowering drug cholostyramine. Compliance, z, is the percentage of the intended dose actually taken. Improvement y is the decrease in total plasma cholesterol from the beginning till the end of treatment. z compliance, ie. percentage of intended dose actually taken. y improvement, ie. the decrease in total plasma cholesterol from the beginning till the end of treatment. Efron, B. & Tibshirani, R.J. (1993) "An Introduction to the Bootstrap", Chapman & Hall.