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by Steven Wachs Leave a Comment

02 Probability Plots & Minitab Demonstration

02 Probability Plots & Minitab Demonstration

Module 3 Assessing & Selecting Models for Time-to-Failure Data

Lesson M03-02

Text: Section 5

Duration: 17 minutes

  • Reliability Analysis Methods
    • M01 Reliability Concepts & Data
      • 01 Why Reliability & Typical Questions
      • 02 Defining Reliability
      • 03 Type of Reliability Data & Unique Aspects
      • 04 Censored Data
      • 05 The Bathtub Curve & Reliability Function
    • M02 Probability & Reliability Statistics
      • 01 Probability Basics
      • 02 Conditional Probability, Independent Events, & Exercise
      • 03 Reliability Metrics & Statistics
      • 04 Common Distributions & Weibull Distribution
      • 05 Conditional Reliability & Exercise
      • 06 Review Exercises
      • 07 Useful Discrete Distributions & Exercise
    • M03 Assessing & Selecting Models for Time-to-Failure Data
      • 01 Overview of Distribution Fitting & Reliability
      • 02 Probability Plots & Minitab Demonstration
      • 03 Constructing Probability Plots
      • 04 Distribution Fitting with Right-Censored Data
      • 05 Exercises
      • 06 Distribution Fitting with Multiple Failure Modes
      • 07 Exercise and Module Wrap-up
    • M04 Estimation of Reliability Metrics
      • 01 Overview of Reliability Estimation & Methods
      • 02 Confidence Intervals & Bounds
      • 03 Using Minitab to Estimate Reliability Metrics (Demo)
      • 04 Exercise
      • 05 Reliability Estimation with Censored Data
      • 06 Comparing Multiple Groups
      • 07 Exercises
      • 08 Handling Multiple Failure Modes & Exercise
      • 09 Non-Parametric Estimation
      • 10 Other Methods for Reliability Prediction
    • M05 Introduction to System Reliability
      • 01 System Reliability Overview & Basic Series Systems
      • 02 Basic Parallel Systems & Short Exercise
      • 03 k-out-of-n Parallel Systems & Combination Systems
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Complex Systems
      • 06 Reliability Importance, Reliability Allocation, & other Concepts
    • M06 Reliability Test Planning
      • 01 Reliability Testing Ideas
      • 02 Reliability Test Planning & Censoring Schemes
      • 03 Reliability Estimation Test Planning
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Reliability Demonstration Test Planning
      • 06 Exercise
      • 07 Zero Failure Test Plans Special Case & Module Wrap-up
    • M07 Analysis of Warranty Data
      • 01 Warranty Analysis Overview & Key Concepts
      • 02 Data Setup & Calculations
      • 03 Minitab Demonstration
      • 04 Exercise
    • M08 Design for Reliability (DFR)
      • 01 Design for Reliability (DFR) Overview
      • 02 DFR Process & Methodology Overview
    • M09 Introduction to Advanced Topics
      • 01 Types of Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)
      • 02 Introduction to Quantitative ALT
      • 03 Introduction to Repairable System Analysis
      • 04 Stress-Strength Analysis

 

Next, we illustrate the use of Minitab software for constructing and interpreting probability plots.

 

Example dataset

19 Air Pumps tested to failure
106, 276, 316, 502, 525, 561, 602, 631, 677, 737, 957, 996, 1035, 1203, 1425, 1659, 1779, 1403, 2646
  • Reliability Analysis Methods
    • M01 Reliability Concepts & Data
      • 01 Why Reliability & Typical Questions
      • 02 Defining Reliability
      • 03 Type of Reliability Data & Unique Aspects
      • 04 Censored Data
      • 05 The Bathtub Curve & Reliability Function
    • M02 Probability & Reliability Statistics
      • 01 Probability Basics
      • 02 Conditional Probability, Independent Events, & Exercise
      • 03 Reliability Metrics & Statistics
      • 04 Common Distributions & Weibull Distribution
      • 05 Conditional Reliability & Exercise
      • 06 Review Exercises
      • 07 Useful Discrete Distributions & Exercise
    • M03 Assessing & Selecting Models for Time-to-Failure Data
      • 01 Overview of Distribution Fitting & Reliability
      • 02 Probability Plots & Minitab Demonstration
      • 03 Constructing Probability Plots
      • 04 Distribution Fitting with Right-Censored Data
      • 05 Exercises
      • 06 Distribution Fitting with Multiple Failure Modes
      • 07 Exercise and Module Wrap-up
    • M04 Estimation of Reliability Metrics
      • 01 Overview of Reliability Estimation & Methods
      • 02 Confidence Intervals & Bounds
      • 03 Using Minitab to Estimate Reliability Metrics (Demo)
      • 04 Exercise
      • 05 Reliability Estimation with Censored Data
      • 06 Comparing Multiple Groups
      • 07 Exercises
      • 08 Handling Multiple Failure Modes & Exercise
      • 09 Non-Parametric Estimation
      • 10 Other Methods for Reliability Prediction
    • M05 Introduction to System Reliability
      • 01 System Reliability Overview & Basic Series Systems
      • 02 Basic Parallel Systems & Short Exercise
      • 03 k-out-of-n Parallel Systems & Combination Systems
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Complex Systems
      • 06 Reliability Importance, Reliability Allocation, & other Concepts
    • M06 Reliability Test Planning
      • 01 Reliability Testing Ideas
      • 02 Reliability Test Planning & Censoring Schemes
      • 03 Reliability Estimation Test Planning
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Reliability Demonstration Test Planning
      • 06 Exercise
      • 07 Zero Failure Test Plans Special Case & Module Wrap-up
    • M07 Analysis of Warranty Data
      • 01 Warranty Analysis Overview & Key Concepts
      • 02 Data Setup & Calculations
      • 03 Minitab Demonstration
      • 04 Exercise
    • M08 Design for Reliability (DFR)
      • 01 Design for Reliability (DFR) Overview
      • 02 DFR Process & Methodology Overview
    • M09 Introduction to Advanced Topics
      • 01 Types of Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)
      • 02 Introduction to Quantitative ALT
      • 03 Introduction to Repairable System Analysis
      • 04 Stress-Strength Analysis


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