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Parametric Binomial Table and Plot

When you use the parametric binomial option of the RDT tool, you can also create a table and plot based on the target metric and life distribution that you specified on the RDT sheet. Depending on what you select to solve for, the table will display a range of test duration values as a function of sample size and number of allowable failures, or it will display a range of required sample size values as a function of test time and number of allowable failures. The table and plot provide quick ways to consider many possible test plan scenarios without having to perform each calculation individually.

Follow the steps outlined below to create the table.

The data sheet shown next displays a parametric binomial table. For example, the second cell in the table tells us that if you used a test time of about 621 hours and no more than one failure occurred during the test, then you would need a sample size of 3 to demonstrate the target metric.

To view a plot of the table results, click Redrew Plot. Each colored line in the plot corresponds to a specific number of failures; this depicts how the allowed number of failures influences the test time and the required sample size.

 

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