A Good Way to Fit the Distribution to Historical Patterns

question 16

Multiple Choice

A good way to fit the distribution to historical patterns when historical data is available is to

• A) use the Fit icon in the Tools group of the Analytic Solver Platform
• B) guess the distribution parameters
• C) assume that the data distribution is Normal
• D) assume that the data distribution is Weibull

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