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likelihood estimates of the shape parameter and the scale parameter. The shape parameter

estimate is very close to unity, and we know that a Weibull distribution with is the

exponential distribution.

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Table S6-1 50 Observations Drawn at Random from an Exponential Distribution with

Mean 20 1 0.05 2

1.2934

2.4330

15.8770

21.9606

47.4481

34.8720

27.0908

17.5253

6.8290

14.1968

13.1818

9.0942

21.1336

0.3389

39.2494

0.6731

68.7876

37.9023

13.2798

5.7511

31.3655

26.8364

1.0999

12.1621

14.2467

57.8919

1.8219

16.1154

39.9558

1.3104

9.3134

19.8350

18.8295

49.9397

1.0882

6.4967

14.8891

97.8874

12.0008

31.0346

1.5191

35.3307

6.0479

22.4244

12.8239

31.6489

21.1057

11.2846

29.0222

2.5623

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