03 Reliability Estimation Test Planning

Module 6 Reliability Test Planning

Lesson M06-03

Text: Section 8, pages 24 – 28

Duration: 30 minutes

Reliability Estimation Test Planning

Planning should be done before initiating reliability estimation tests.  This ensures that the test is likely to produce estimates with adequate precision to be useful.  Here, we review the steps for planning reliability estimation tests and discuss the factors that will influence the sample size determination.  We walk through an example in Minitab to illustrate the iterative planning process to arrive at approximate sample sizes that will be required.