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If the observed life times cover a range from 50 to 4000, one can simply change time units to tens and use the three log. Non probability sampling non probability sampling is a sampling technique where the samples are gathered in a process that does not give all the individuals in the population equal chances of being selected. Binomial probability concerns itself with measuring the probability of outcomes of what are known as bernoulli trials, trials that are independent of each other and that are binary with two possible outcomes. A variable is a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values. A sample is a group of subjects selected from a population. Unfortunately, most of the later chapters, jaynes intended volume 2 on applications, were either missing or incomplete, and some of the early chapters also had missing pieces.
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