ABSTRACT
Shelf life data possess very speci c statistical properties. For this reason, the design and analysis of shelf life studies cannot be handled with classical statistical tools, and special care must be taken. This chapter describes the speci c features of shelf life data and the typical methods used to collect and then summarize them ef ciently. It is based on course notes that the authors prepared and use in their seminars on shelf life statistics (Guillet and Rodrigue, 2005).
