Design of Experiments Guide > Constant Stress Accelerated Life Test Designs > Statistical Details for the Constant Stress ALT Design Platform > R Precision Factor (for a 95% CI)
Publication date: 07/08/2024

R Precision Factor (for a 95% CI)

The R precision factor for an accelerated life test is a measure of the precision of the estimate of tp, the pth quantile of the failure time distribution. An approximate 95% confidence interval for log(tp) is:

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resulting in a confidence interval for tp;

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where

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To obtain R, use the large sample approximation of the variance of the log(tp):

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