Censored and Suspended Units in Life Test Data
Most life tests end with units still running, and units removed for unrelated reasons. Discarding those suspensions biases every estimate pessimistically; counting them as failures biases it worse. Handling censoring correctly is the difference between a defensible life estimate and a fabricated one.
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Most life tests end with units still running, and units removed for unrelated reasons. Discarding those suspensions biases every estimate pessimistically; counting them as failures biases it worse. Handling censoring correctly is the difference between a defensible life estimate and a fabricated one.
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