Statistical Background

In this chapter of the on-line reference, we will give a brief elementary introduction to the most common and fundamental statistical equations and definitions used in reliability engineering and life data analysis. The equations and concepts presented in this chapter will be used extensively in the chapters that follow in this reference.

This chapter is made up of the following sections:

• Basic Statistical Definitions

• Distributions

• Most Commonly Used Distributions

• Other Distributions

• Parameter Estimation

• Bayesian Statistics

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