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Sample size and tolerance limits

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Trabajos de Estadistica Y de Investigacion Operativa

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Several new criteria are proposed for the determination of suitable sample size for assessing the statistical tolerance limits. The application of the criteria is illustrated on the solution of some problems from the theory of errors and theory of reliability.

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En este trabajo se proponen algunos nuevos criterios que tratan de fijar el tamaño de la muestra necesario para establecer los límites estadísticos de tolerancia. Como aplicación de estos criterios se resuelven algunos problemas de la teoría de los errores y de la teoría de la confiabilidad.

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Jílek, M. Sample size and tolerance limits. Trabajos de Estadistica Y de Investigacion Operativa 33, 64–78 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02888623

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