glass                 package:ismev                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A numeric vector containing breaking strengths of 63 glass fibres
     of length 1.5 centimetres, recorded under experimental conditions.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(glass)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A vector containing 63 observations.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Smith, R. L. and Naylor, J. C. (1987) A comparison of maximum
     likelihood and Bayesian estimators for the three-parameter Weibull
     distribution. _Applied Statistics_ *36*, 358-396.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Coles, S. G. (2001) _An Introduction to Statistical Modelling of
     Extreme Values._ London: Springer.

