Meaningful data analysis to understand the mixed failure modes using survival probability plots will help the product behavior and analyze the failure mechanisms of the populations. The Weibull plot ...

The trauma plot flattens, distorts, reduces character to symptom, and, in turn, instructs and insists upon its moral authority. The solace of its simplicity comes at no little cost.

An important result is the extreme sensitivity of the shape of the Weibull plot to the definition of failure. Three definitions are used: (1) minimum remaining fractional gain, (2) minimum remaining ...