Re: [MBZ] Bathtub and bell curves

2007-08-05 Thread Tom Hargrave
, regardless of the scale used. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: Robert Bigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 6:50 AM To: Tom Hargrave Subject: RE: [MBZ] Bathtub and bell curves Hello Tom By the way, a bell curve

[MBZ] Bathtub and bell curves

2007-08-04 Thread Robert Bigham
The question of how long a light bulb lasts is used in several introductory books on statistics. How long does a light bulb last? A truthful answer is It varies. But people tend to want a single number. Maybe the average. As applied to this problem, the bell curve plots bulb life (in hours

Re: [MBZ] Bathtub and bell curves

2007-08-04 Thread Tom Hargrave
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Bigham Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 11:02 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Bathtub and bell curves The question of how long a light bulb lasts is used in several introductory books on statistics. How long does a light bulb last