29.5 General Graphical Display of Reliability Data

A quick way to produce the reliability and risk functions, from either a parametric or nonparametric analysis, is via: Stat > Reliability/Survival > Distribution Analysis (Right Censoring) > Distribution Overview Plot

In Variables place the column C1 (containing lifetime data). Enable the Parametric analysis option, with the Exponential distribution, to obtain:

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With the nonparametric analysis, the plots are:

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